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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

But what if it was possibleto repurpose this massive infrastructure,which already operates...

But what if it was possible
to repurpose this massive infrastructure,
which already operates on local, regional,
and national levels, and put it in service
of communities struck by unnatural disasters?

Full Transcript

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But what if it was possible to repurpose
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this massive infrastructure, which already operates
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on local, regional, and national levels,
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and put it in service of communities
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struck by unnatural disasters?
Duration
15 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:10
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.
That was the question on my mind when I found out - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:15
That was the question on my mind when I found out
We're talking about ice storms, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
We're talking about ice storms,
We've got people from FEMA here, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
We've got people from FEMA here,
- [laughs] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
- [laughs]
It's-- - Six Midwest states, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
It's-- - Six Midwest states,
All the bridges you crossed getting here will all be gone. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
All the bridges you crossed getting here will all be gone.
- Lightning has killed at least 67 people in the United States. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
- Lightning has killed at least 67 people in the United Stat...
[electricity buzzing] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
[electricity buzzing]
It's for communities who are stable enough - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
It's for communities who are stable enough
- But what if you can't even conceive of a to-go kit - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
- But what if you can't even conceive of a to-go kit
This is the disaster that I started working on. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:04
This is the disaster that I started working on.
These gray areas are the poorest - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
These gray areas are the poorest
What if we redefine disaster as extreme pernicious poverty? - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
What if we redefine disaster as extreme pernicious poverty?
[both chuckle] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
[both chuckle]
And even though I knew I might be putting some people - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
And even though I knew I might be putting some people
Isn't there a way to just think about economic development - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
Isn't there a way to just think about economic developm...
- If you're asking me, can emergency management - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:15
- If you're asking me, can emergency management
In fact, the FEMA regulations say, "Like it was." - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:07
In fact, the FEMA regulations say, "Like it was."
- I wondered about that term, "like it was." - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
- I wondered about that term, "like it was."
So when General Heltzel invited me - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:10
So when General Heltzel invited me