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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

- My idea wasn't to send inthe National Guard, but with a minor tweakto the term...

[applause] - My idea wasn't to send in
the National Guard, but with a minor tweak
to the term "disaster," maybe this well-funded
federal agency could invest in the long-term resilience
of the vulnerable communities they're actually preparing
to rescue

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- My idea wasn't to send in the National Guard,
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but with a minor tweak to the term "disaster,"
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maybe this well-funded federal agency could invest
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in the long-term resilience of the vulnerable communities
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they're actually preparing to rescue.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:35
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 trick ends up being not what you're chasing here - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
- The trick ends up being not what you're chasing here
And it's one of the negative parts of the real world, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
And it's one of the negative parts of the real world,
You have to take-- you reach down, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
You have to take-- you reach down,
I'm thinking-- my brain is trying - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:12
I'm thinking-- my brain is trying
Now, if you change the laws and we get people to agree - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
Now, if you change the laws and we get people to agree
[solemn music] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:19
[solemn music]
But of course, I couldn't see anything. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:04
But of course, I couldn't see anything.
- How did we get here, to a place - How did we get here, to a place - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:11
- How did we get here, to a place - How did we get here, to ...
- So what you're struggling with is, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:14
- So what you're struggling with is,
Yeah, I mean, you're right to see that - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:10
Yeah, I mean, you're right to see that
In order to get help from the federal government, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
In order to get help from the federal government,
And as a result of that, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:10
And as a result of that,
And their claims are discredited in our system - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:10
And their claims are discredited in our system
But that is our history and our tradition. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:04
But that is our history and our tradition.
[indistinct chatter] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
[indistinct chatter]
- Watching this group of Englewood elders - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:12
- Watching this group of Englewood elders
- Every year, a onetime federally funded subsidy - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
- Every year, a onetime federally funded subsidy
- You need your light bill, your gas bill, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:07
- You need your light bill, your gas bill,
- They had a cooling program, and then they ran out of money, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
- They had a cooling program, and then they ran out of money...
Many people did not get help who needed it. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:04
Many people did not get help who needed it.