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Cooked:Survival by Zipcode

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Cover of Cooked:Survival by Zipcode
Judith Helfand
director
2021

Chicago suffered the worst heat disaster in U.S history in 1995 when 739 residents, mostly elderly and black, died over one week. This documentary links the heat wave's devastation to the underlying manmade disaster of structural racism, and delves deep into one of our nation's biggest growth industries: disaster preparedness.

Part of the Black Film Festival hosted by Justified Anger