Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). List Price: $24.98 $24.98. Register to request a quote. tells the story of this tragic heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course of just a single week, most of them poor, elderly, and African American. So the question is, a Chicago official asks, did people die of the heat, or did they die of the social conditions in these neighborhoods, and the answer is both. Helfand examines and mocks the futility of task force reports, emergency plans, disaster preparedness, rehearsals for tornadoes and other calamities, when these ignore the racism and poverty that cause people to suffer so unequally. Subscribe to our "Mixed Issue" email newsletter. When peeled away from the shocking headlines the story reveals the less newsworthy but long-term crisis of pernicious poverty, economic, and social isolation and racism. And the outrage.' Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune'[Helfand] makes a persuasive argument that it's time to broaden the definition of disaster--to include the vast and ongoing economic and community inequities.' Directed by Judith Helfand. Scheduled for 4,854 airdates in total on 613 PBS channels, COOKED: Survival By Zip Code ranks among the top dozen Independent Lens films of all time for broadcast frequency and channel reach. Postal Code. "Cooked: Survival by Zip Code now available on iTunes, Amazon, and GooglePlay! See more Cooked: Survival By Zip Code (DVD) June 11 -University of Michigans School of Public Health, Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments, and the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center host a virtual screening and talk back with environmental justice advocates and public health experts. Paul Caine, WTTW Chicago PBS'Provides a sobering look back at one of the worst natural disasters in Chicago's recent history while shedding much-needed light on the slow-moving, man-made crisis of socioeconomic inequality that threatens not only the most vulnerable zip codes in Chicago, but cities and towns across the country.' Links to the recorded sessions for each night: SUMMER OF EXTREMES Night One explored the connections between the heat wave, the climate crisis, and COVID-19, SUMMER OF EXTREMES Night Two explored the mental health of journalists reporting on communities in crisis, and the mental health of those who consume that media. Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 2019 1 h 16 m IMDb RATING 7.2 /10 86 YOUR RATING Rate Documentary A life and death story about extreme heat, the politics of "disaster" and survival by zip code. Uploaded by He has an MFA in Film Production from the University of Southern California, an MBA from New York University and a BA from Middlebury College. Eric Klinenberg is Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. Kathy Leichter is an award-winning documentary producer, director, impact producer, and engagement strategist with over thirty years of experience. The film had its world premiere at DOC NYC on November 11, 2018. Listen to the discussionhere. When peeled away from the shocking headlines the story reveals the less newsworthy but long-term crisis of pernicious poverty, economic, and social isolation and racism. [1][2] It was released through video on demand on August 28, 2019, by Journeyman Pictures. Helfand describes in a separate interview how the process of making the film determined its direction, in a way she did not anticipate. "40800:21:19,470 --> 00:21:22,009And so never would the word heat40900:21:22,010 --> 00:21:24,699appear anywhere onthe death certificate.41000:21:24,700 --> 00:21:27,061[Judith] So are yousuggesting that there were41100:21:27,085 --> 00:21:29,179actually more deathsthan are accounted for?41200:21:29,180 --> 00:21:30,569Oh yes.41300:21:30,570 --> 00:21:33,470I couldn't see how the numberwouldn't be bigger than 525.41400:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,219So we added up thetotal number of people41500:21:38,220 --> 00:21:42,089who died during July,and we subtracted this baseline41600:21:42,090 --> 00:21:45,069of the expected numberof deaths per day,41700:21:45,070 --> 00:21:48,453and the numbercame out to be 726,41800:21:50,490 --> 00:21:55,419And so, they're arguing aboutwhether 525 was too big,41900:21:55,420 --> 00:21:58,737and I now am saying,"It's much too small. Required fields are marked *. 99. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Lorry Kikta, Film Threat'Cooked: Survival by Zip Code shines a light on the issues of poverty, race, class, and education that underlie how natural disasters take lives.' Possible defendants could include the fossil fuel industry causing inexorable global warming; Chicago officials, especially Mayor Richard Daley, who tried to blame the victims families themselves for not doing enough, and who fail to address the roots of poverty; the Federal Housing Administration, whose policies explicitly discriminated against Black communities; banks and corporations, which disinvested from Black communities and left people excessively vulnerable to natural disasters; and the entire system of racial capitalism, from enslavement forward, which created maps with perfect overlaps of race and death. Film. See the virtual panel discussion with filmmakers here. Her films include The Uprising of 34, the Sundance award-winning and Emmy-nominated Blue Vinyl, its Peabody Award-winning prequel A Healthy Baby Girl, and Everythings Cool. The first woman to paint the official portrait of a U.S. president, Greta Kempton also painted Cabinet officials, governors, senators, the head of the Atomic Energy Commission, two Postmasters General, a Supreme Court justice, several university presidents, and a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. His scholarly work has been published in journals including the American Sociological Review, Theory and Society, and Ethnography, and he has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and This American Life. In addition to producing COOKED: Survival by Zip Code, Doremus co-produced the Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning, ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail for PBS Frontline series. Judith Helfand is best known for her ability to take the dark worlds of chemical exposure, heedless corporate behavior and environmental injustice and make them personal, highly-charged and entertaining. He is currently at work onCity so Real, an episodic series directed by Steve James, that paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of Chicago through the lens of the 2019 mayoral election. (Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois School of Public Health), Orrin Williams (Food Systems Coordinator, Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion) | Moderator: Pamela Sherrod Anderson (Award-winning writer, filmmaker, playwright, journalist and educator), SATURDAY July 13th @ 5pm - Reframing the Disaster: Language and Messaging Around Systemic Poverty, Racism and our Climate Crisis, Panelists: Jahmal Cole (My Block My Hood My City), Juliana Pino (Little Village Environmental Justice Organization), Susy Schultz (Public Narrative) | Moderator: Sylvia Ewing (Elevate Energy), SUNDAY July 14th @ 2pm - Environmental Justice from Resilience to Resistance, Panelists: Kim Wasserman (Little Village Environmental Justice Organization), Joshi Radin, (Pilson Environmental Right and Reform Organization), Cheryl Johnson (People for Community Recovery), THURSDAY July 18th @ 8pm - Faith, Equity & Climate Justice, Panelists: Pastor Booker Vance (Elevate Energy), Rev. [Description from Rethinking Schools. Please complete the form below to connect with the COOKED team. But Helfand does much more than tell this story although she does tell it, and tells it powerfully. The Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Office and the Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health are excited to co-host a virtual discussion on the documentary Cooked: Survival by Zip Code, by Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand, on Monday, November 16 at Noon. As Creative Director she helped design and lead Chicken & Egg Pictures mentorship and funding programs for nearly a decade, served as a Producer on the Oscar-nominated, Dupont-winning short, THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM and Executive Producer on the award-winning films SEMPER FI: ALWAYS FAITHFUL, PRIVATE VIOLENCE and HOT GIRLS WANTED. Cooked: Survival by Zipcode (2019) tells the story of the tragic 1995 Chicago heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course of just a single week, most of them poor, elderly, and African American. Our goal: re-fresh and reframe the narrative around the 1995 heat disaster and get the press, the public and elected officials talking about investment in the citys most vulnerable communities as the most effective way of preparing for disaster. That is, until an extreme weather event hits and they are made exponentially more deadly and visible. A committed field-builder and educator, Helfand co-founded Working Films in 1999 and Chicken & Egg Pictures in 2005. December 6: Sacramento Social Justice Film Festival. He has also published a novel, A Democracy of Ghosts, and a narrative nonfiction book, Herrin: The Brief History of an Infamous American City. Hosted by theChicago Headline Cluband featuring Director Judith Helfand, Chicago Sun Times journalist Maudlyne Iherijika and journalist and videographer, Andy Nebel. Life expectancy is lowest in the city. We could call it a Poverty Emergency Plan instead, or the Remedying Social Evils Plan. Viewfinders 76 min. Cooked focuses on the deadliest heat wave in U.S. history, in 1995, when 739 people in Chicago mostly Black and elderly died in one week. Shop by category. Three of those premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, with national broadcasts on PBS (POV), HBO and The Sundance Channel. They have high rates of gun-related death, diabetes, breast cancer, unemployment, heart disease, school closings, and high-school dropouts. Share. Teaching Guide. Cook County hosted a limited public screening of the documentary, COOKED: Survival By Zip Code, with a panel discussion and live Q&A on Thursday, September 17 at 5:30 pm. August 3: The Switzer Foundation, Race & Equity Group, Environmental Fellows cohort, screening, and discussion with Judith Helfand. New to Docuseek? Simeon Hutner is a film editor, director, and producer with twenty-five years of film and television credits, including works shown at Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, Telluride and many other film festivals, as well as on HBO, BBC, Bravo, A&E and PBS. It reminds us that a systematic 'Poverty Emergency Plan' would be more effective and pre-emptive than a 'Heat Emergency Plan' and so-called 'natural' disasters are anything but natural, representing instead our collective failure to address poverty and inequality as an everyday crisis.' When We Walkwill premiere at Hot Docs in April 2019. SUMMER OF EXTREMES Night Three reimagined what a just and equitable heat emergency plan will need to look like. Simeon also edited and co-directedHarlem Street Singer, a documentary feature about the influential blues and gospel musician the Reverend Gary Davis. Helfand focuses on Chicagos heat wave to look at how a weeklong tragedy is really a story about the slow-motion disaster caused by race and class inequality. Cooked DVD Chicago suffered the worst heat disaster in U.S history in 1. Through this, you can know the exact address of any region of the country. Be the first one to, COOKED: Survival By Zip Code Screening and Panel Discussion, COOKED_-_Survival_By_Zip_Code_Screening_and_Panel_Discussion, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD1G6Spjhaw, COOKED_-_Survival_By_Zip_Code_Screening_and_Panel_Discussion.en.vtt, COOKED_-_Survival_By_Zip_Code_Screening_and_Panel_Discussion.es.vtt, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). In the summer of 1995, Chicago experienced an unthinkable disaster, when extremely high humidity and a layer of heat-retaining pollution drove the heat index up to more than 126 degrees. 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