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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

So I went to Chicago and drovefrom the iconic lakefront to the neighborhoodsthat had...

So I went to Chicago and drove
from the iconic lakefront to the neighborhoods
that had suffered the most heat deaths in 1995

Full Transcript

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So I went to Chicago
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and drove from the iconic lakefront
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to the neighborhoods that had suffered
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the most heat deaths in 1995.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:54
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.
- 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,
But the minute you see in the paper - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
But the minute you see in the paper
- You almost had to runa gauntlet - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
- You almost had to runa gauntlet
- I had to get up in a truck and basically had to go through - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
- I had to get up in a truck and basically had to go through