Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2019)
• July 12th, 2019 • 1h 19min
Documentary
Overview
Filmmaker Judith Helfand's searing investigation into the politics of “disaster” – by way of the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave, in which 739 residents perished (mostly Black and living in the city’s poorest neighborhoods).
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