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Just as many Chicagoans were starting to realize
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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

Just as many Chicagoanswere starting to realize that the black communityhad suffered a...

Just as many Chicagoans
were starting to realize that the black community
had suffered a disproportionate
number of deaths, Mayor Daley went
on the offensive

Full Transcript

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- Just as many Chicagoans were starting to realize
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that the black community had suffered
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a disproportionate number of deaths,
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Mayor Daley went on the offensive.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:16
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.
- Daley pointed a finger of blame - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
- Daley pointed a finger of blame
- We have to appeal to all the family members - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
- We have to appeal to all the family members
A lot of the heads of statewere in denial - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:11
A lot of the heads of statewere in denial
No, it's just aboutthe lack of-- - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:07
No, it's just aboutthe lack of--
- [laughs]"Just say it." - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
- [laughs]"Just say it."
I think that there is no need for poverty, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
I think that there is no need for poverty,
- Even after the heat broke, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
- Even after the heat broke,
And when it reached 525, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:10
And when it reached 525,
The medical examiner's office - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
The medical examiner's office
- I knew that people - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:21
- I knew that people
- 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,