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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

When I startedmaking this film, Eric Klinenberg handed mea worn VHS tape filled with news...

When I started
making this film, Eric Klinenberg handed me
a worn VHS tape filled with news footage
of the 1995 heat wave, and I watched it
over and over

Full Transcript

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- When I started making this film,
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Eric Klinenberg handed me a worn VHS tape
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filled with news footage of the 1995 heat wave,
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and I watched it over and over.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:53
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.
- 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
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