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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

Disasters are important not just becausethey represent extreme cases but also because,in...

Disasters are important not just because
they represent extreme cases but also because,
in looking at them closely, we learn to recognize
conditions that are always present
but difficult to perceive

Full Transcript

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- Disasters are important
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not just because they represent extreme cases
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but also because, in looking at them closely,
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we learn to recognize conditions
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that are always present but difficult to perceive.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:22
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 what was unique - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:04
- That was what was unique
It was a natural disaster - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:11
It was a natural disaster
So I went to Chicago - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
So I went to Chicago
- It was obvious something devastating had happened here, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
- It was obvious something devastating had happened here,
- The sun is cooking the center of the country. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
- The sun is cooking the center of the country.
[indistinct chatter] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:12
[indistinct chatter]
- When I started making this film, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:15
- When I started making this film,
- The sun sets tonight on one of the hottest days - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
- The sun sets tonight on one of the hottest days
It's very, very, very hot. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:04
It's very, very, very hot.
We go to extremes in Chicago, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
We go to extremes in Chicago,
[siren wailing] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:15
[siren wailing]
[somber music] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
[somber music]
So I rushed right over here, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
So I rushed right over here,
I looked over at the window, and it was nailed shut, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:10
I looked over at the window, and it was nailed shut,
I walked to the ambulance, and I looked in, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:13
I walked to the ambulance, and I looked in,
And then I thought, "Well, does that mean - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:18
And then I thought, "Well, does that mean
The crush was so intense, a refrigerated truck - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
The crush was so intense, a refrigerated truck
We just saw five more refrigerated trucks go by us. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:04
We just saw five more refrigerated trucks go by us.
Apparently the one refrigerated truck - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:10
Apparently the one refrigerated truck
- There had been no announcements on the news, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
- There had been no announcements on the news,