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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

Original title: Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

Year

2019

Rating

★ 7.5/10

Runtime

79 min

Genres

Documentary

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).

Cast: Michelle Landis Dauber, Judith Helfand, John W. Heltzel, Colleen Scott