Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

79 mins | Documentary | July 12, 2019

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).

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

79 mins | Documentary | July 12, 2019

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
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).
Producers Kartemquin Films, Judith Helfand Productions
Original title Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
Directors Judith Helfand
Writers Eric Klinenberg

Cast

Judith Helfand

as Herself

John W. Heltzel

as Himself

Colleen Scott

as Herself