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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

And this movie,which started out being about onespecific heat disaster, turned into...

And this movie,
which started out being about one
specific heat disaster, turned into something more
complicated and uncomfortable, about the impact
of generations' worth of racism and denial

Full Transcript

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And this movie, which started out
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being about one specific heat disaster,
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turned into something more complicated and uncomfortable,
00:00:10.167 --> 00:00:12.267
about the impact of generations' worth
00:00:12.003 --> 00:00:15.267
of racism and denial.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:21
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Kartemquin Films,Judith Helfand Productions

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Movie Summary

A life and death story about extreme heat, the politics of "disaster" and survival by zip code.
- The bill is $2.9 billion, which will give us-- - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:13
- The bill is $2.9 billion, which will give us--
- Back in Chicago, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:18
- Back in Chicago,
- So what you'll see behind me here - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
- So what you'll see behind me here
We're 12 stories above the city, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
We're 12 stories above the city,
So what we've done here-- we've created - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
So what we've done here-- we've created
We can see the hot spots, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:11
We can see the hot spots,
So these strategies provide real cooling of the city. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
So these strategies provide real cooling of the city.
- You know, we're pretty far away from City Hall. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:04
- You know, we're pretty far away from City Hall.
- You know, I don't know about any rooftop gardens - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
- You know, I don't know about any rooftop gardens
This is the block that I lived on - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
This is the block that I lived on
Used to be a church here that burned down. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
Used to be a church here that burned down.
This house was next door to where we lived, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:07
This house was next door to where we lived,
And this whole block was full of houses. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
And this whole block was full of houses.
Summer day like today, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:11
Summer day like today,
I used to get the list from my mom, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
I used to get the list from my mom,
It's just been an incredible 50-plus years - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
It's just been an incredible 50-plus years
If the heat wave happened when I was growing up, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:07
If the heat wave happened when I was growing up,
When it got really hot, people would sleep - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
When it got really hot, people would sleep
I mean, imagine going from feeling - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:07
I mean, imagine going from feeling
Just acres of vacant land. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:04
Just acres of vacant land.