Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2019)

07/12/2019 (US) • 1h 19m

Documentary

Overview

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).


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

chicago, illinois

natural disaster

class discrimination

heatwave

racial discrimination

structural discrimination

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