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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

When the mayor organizeda commission to study the heat waveand release a report, it said...

When the mayor organized
a commission to study the heat wave
and release a report, it said things like,
"Every neighborhood in Chicago was affected
by the heat wave." It's true,
but it's far more true for some areas than others, and that kind of language
just obscures - what's happening in the city.
- What's happening in the city

Full Transcript

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- When the mayor organized a commission
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to study the heat wave and release a report,
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it said things like, "Every neighborhood in Chicago
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was affected by the heat wave."
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It's true, but it's far more true
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for some areas than others,
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and that kind of language just obscures
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- what's happening in the city. - What's happening in the city.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:49
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 makes it impossible for us - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
It makes it impossible for us
It's a story about these deeper social fault lines - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:14
It's a story about these deeper social fault lines
[percussive music] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:13
[percussive music]
[indistinct chatter] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:17
[indistinct chatter]
The plan includes a multimillion-dollar - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
The plan includes a multimillion-dollar
If you cannot reach out to them, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:07
If you cannot reach out to them,
- What do you think of the heat emergency plan? - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:04
- What do you think of the heat emergency plan?
I mean, you know, I mean... - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
I mean, you know, I mean...
[chuckles] We could call it - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
[chuckles] We could call it
The underlying dynamic in those same communities, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:12
The underlying dynamic in those same communities,
- Do I think the city is addressing - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
- Do I think the city is addressing
[laughs] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
[laughs]
[indistinct shouting] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:07
[indistinct shouting]
- A decade after the heat wave, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
- A decade after the heat wave,
- Ten years ago, more than 700 Chicagoans - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:07
- Ten years ago, more than 700 Chicagoans
- What you wanted to know were the underlying - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
- What you wanted to know were the underlying
- That's right, we have this term, - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:04
- That's right, we have this term,
What I'm more concerned about is our collective failure - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:09
What I'm more concerned about is our collective failure
And my biggest concern now is that if we refuse - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:08
And my biggest concern now is that if we refuse
[dramatic music] - Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 00:05
[dramatic music]