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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

Jul 12, 2019 1h 19m
7.5
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Synopsis

Filmmaker Judith Helfand's searing investigation into the politics of “disaster” – by way of the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave, in which 739 residents perished (mostly Black and living in the city’s poorest neighborhoods).

Title Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
Companies Kartemquin Films, Judith Helfand Productions
Countries United States of America
Keywords chicago, illinois, natural disaster, class discrimination, heatwave, racial discrimination, structural discrimination