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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

- It was a very hot night, and when I calledmy grandmother, she didn't answer the phone

[somber music] - It was a very hot night, and when I called
my grandmother, she didn't answer the phone

Full Transcript

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- It was a very hot night,
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and when I called my grandmother,
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she didn't answer the phone.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:43
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 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
So in the event of someone that I was picking up, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:10
So in the event of someone that I was picking up,
It was just--it was-- yeah, it was sad, really. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:04
It was just--it was-- yeah, it was sad, really.
- Saturday morning, I came in, and we had 87 cases, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:06
- Saturday morning, I came in, and we had 87 cases,
So what we're seeing here - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
So what we're seeing here
- We cannot say exactly how many deaths - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:13
- We cannot say exactly how many deaths
In the last four days-- - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
In the last four days--
I had to stop and replay the mayor's comment - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
I had to stop and replay the mayor's comment
- But the number of nonviolent deaths continue to climb. - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:04
- But the number of nonviolent deaths continue to climb.
- Because being cooked to death behind closed doors - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:07
- Because being cooked to death behind closed doors