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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

I knew that people would be dyingthroughout the city of Chicago but dying in hospitals,and...

I knew that people would be dying
throughout the city of Chicago but dying in hospitals,
and the doctors would say, "Well, I've been treating
this guy "for heart disease
for three years, and now he died
of heart disease." And so never
would the word "heat" appear anywhere
on the death certificate

Full Transcript

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- I knew that people
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would be dying throughout the city of Chicago
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but dying in hospitals, and the doctors would say,
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"Well, I've been treating this guy
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"for heart disease for three years,
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and now he died of heart disease."
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And so never would the word "heat"
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appear anywhere on the death certificate.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:50
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.
- So are you suggesting that there were actually - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
- So are you suggesting that there were actually
I couldn't see how the number wouldn't be bigger than 525, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:18
I couldn't see how the number wouldn't be bigger t...
[cursor beeping] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:11
[cursor beeping]
- The immensity of the death toll - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
- The immensity of the death toll
Not what you expect to see in a suburban cemetery - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
Not what you expect to see in a suburban cemetery
- 41 people were buried - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
- 41 people were buried
Their bodies had lain since July - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
Their bodies had lain since July
- We had the memorial service here. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
- We had the memorial service here.
[dramatic theme music playing] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:15
[dramatic theme music playing]
- The final death tally: 739, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
- The final death tally: 739,
Did you feel a sense of outrage - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
Did you feel a sense of outrage
James Baldwin said to be black in America - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:12
James Baldwin said to be black in America
No, I know what happens during heat waves, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
No, I know what happens during heat waves,
And even if the city had responded - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:15
And even if the city had responded
- This is a map that has two things - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
- This is a map that has two things
We've put the circles in those communities - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:13
We've put the circles in those communities
So the question is, did people die of the heat, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:07
So the question is, did people die of the heat,
I mean, had the heat not occurred, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
I mean, had the heat not occurred,
- I mean, the beginning of this project, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:14
- I mean, the beginning of this project,
- While researching his book, Eric Klinenberg discovered - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:10
- While researching his book, Eric Klinenberg discovered