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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

That all started with a bookI read about a disaster that took place in Chicagoin July...

That all started with a book
I read about a disaster that took place in Chicago
in July 1995, one of the deadliest
heat waves in U.S. history so far

Full Transcript

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That all started with a book I read about a disaster
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that took place in Chicago in July 1995,
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one of the deadliest heat waves
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in U.S. history so far.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:46
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.
This was a tragedy that should have seared itself - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
This was a tragedy that should have seared itself
So I tracked down Eric Klinenberg, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:07
So I tracked down Eric Klinenberg,
- Disasters are important - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:16
- Disasters are important
- 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