Originally it was meant to be about one extreme weather event (during which temperatures were in the 100s in the day, fell only to the low 80s at night, and the humidity was high), and its effect on the most vulnerable in the city. Bullfrog Films presentsCooked: Survival By Zip Code from Bullfrog Films on Vimeo . Chicago suffered the worst heat disaster in U.S history in 1995, when 739 residents mostly elderly and black died over the course of one week. He recently finished editing When We Walk, directed by Jason DaSilva, a follow-up to his award-winning filmWhen I Walk. April 29 -"Covering Communities in Crisis: "COOKED: Survival By Zip Code" and the COVID-19 Pandemic". 400 pages. Rethinking Schools. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 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,. 100:00:02,504 --> 00:00:05,254(relaxing music)200:00:11,362 --> 00:00:14,445(light guitar music)300:00:15,786 --> 00:00:19,036(musical horn blaring)400:00:23,155 --> 00:00:28,155(waves crashing) (somber music)500:00:36,370 --> 00:00:39,479[Judith] What's the bestway to prepare for disaster?600:00:39,480 --> 00:00:42,469It's a question lots ofpeople are asking these days,700:00:42,470 --> 00:00:45,719as the planet heats up andwe find ourselves facing800:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,035one unprecedenteddisaster after another.900:00:49,036 --> 00:00:52,036(people chattering)1000:00:54,656 --> 00:00:55,815New Jersey or something1100:00:55,816 --> 00:00:58,001to get the fishnet. 989 Ronlea Ave. L1H 2X5. Teaching Activity. She continues to be actively involved as a Senior Creative Consultant. Doremus lives in Chicago, is an active member of the Documentary Producers Alliance and serves on the Board of Kartemquin Films. See the virtual panel discussion with filmmakers here. Whitman shows a series of maps that overlay neatly. Do I think the city is addressing the extreme poverty in communities of color in Chicago? Kathy Leichter is an award-winning documentary producer, director, impact producer, and engagement strategist with over thirty years of experience. This documentary focuses on Chicago's heat wave to look at how a weeklong tragedy is really a story about the "slow-motion disaster" caused by race and class inequality. 2023 Common Reader. In 2007, Judith received a United States Artist Fellowship, one of 50 awarded annually to Americas finest living artists, and in 2016 she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences. COOKED is an adaptation of 'HEAT WAVE: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago' (2002), Eric Klinenberg's groundbreaking book. It can help students recognize that the climate crisis is also a racial justice crisis. It's a stark realization, to be sure.' He co-edited the recently releasedCooked: Survival by Zip Code; as well asAbacus: Small Enough to Jail, which received a2018 Oscar nomination, wonBest Documentary Editingat the Ashland Film Festival, and was termed an exemplary piece of filmmaking by Sight & Sound. 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. People werent dying on the North Side. This searing, offbeat documentary connects the dots to more recent natural disasters, provocatively exploring the ways in which class, race and zip code predetermine our chances of survival during environmental crises. Lisa Trifone, Third Coast Review'Makes a compelling case that it was not just the heat but poverty and racism that led to so many deaths.' All rights reserved. Dr. Marshall Hatch (New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church), Chief Rabbi Capers Shmuel Funnye (Beth Shalom Bnai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation) and Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann (Mishkan Chicago) | Moderator: Judith Helfand (Director/Producer, COOKED: Survival by Zip Code), FRIDAY July 19th @ 8:15pm - Radical Resilience: The Art and Soul of Place Making, Place Taking-back and Transformation, Panelists: Naomi Davis (Blacks In Green), Judith Helfand (Director/Producer, COOKED: Survival by Zip Code), Danielle Perry (Growing Home), Anton Seals (Grow Greater Englewood) | Moderator: Daniel Block (Professor, Chicago State University; Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University), SATURDAY July 20th @ 7:30pm - Chicago and Cook County: Today and Moving Forward, Panelists: Alma Anaya (Cook County Commissioner of the 7th District), Allison Arwady (Acting Commissioner Chicago Department of Public Health), Judith Helfand (Director/Producer, COOKED: Survival by Zip Code), Dr. Terry Mason (Chief Operating Officer, Cook County Department of Public Health), Ranjani Prabhakar (Deputy Policy Director - Climate Change, City of Chicago) | Moderator Alden Loury (Senior Editor: Race, Class & Communities, WBEZ), SUNDAY July 21st @ 5:15pm - Social Determinants of Health: Closing the Life Expectancy Gap - Part 1 (In dedication to the life, work and legacy of Dr. Steve Whitman), Panelists: David Ansell, MD, MPH (Rush University Medical Center), Maureen Benjamins PhD, (Sinai Urban Health Institute), Dr. Linda Rae Murray, M.D. She taught documentary production at NYUs undergraduate program for seven years, was filmmaker-in-residence at UW Madison in 2007 and 2009 where she taught environmental documentary production and co-taught and designed an intensive summer documentary boot camp for New School University. Whitman says the US spent perhaps trillions as a response to 9-11, in which about 3,000 died, but that there are more African-American deaths than that each year in Chicago alone, due to a healthcare gap. This film can be used in a wide range of classrooms with social and ethnic studies and health policy as well as in public contexts of churches, community groups, and other venues.' The Medical Examiner, Dr. Ed Donoghue, pushed back and said the figure was too low by hundredsand had evidence of it. 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. Facebook Twitter Google plus LinkedIn. Doremus got her start working as an Assistant Editor on HOOP DREAMS and went on to serve as staff Producer at Kartemquin Films for the next eight years. Register here. John Hauser It reminds us that a systematic Poverty Emergency Plan would be more effective and pre-emptive than a Heat Emergency Plan and that so called 'natural' disasters are anything but natural, representing instead our collective failure to address poverty and inequality as an everyday crisis.' Film. The discussion as a means of engagement with social issues following a documentary was incredibly valuable and something that the Green Film Festival, alongside the BAME student network, were glad to host. Cooked is a story about life, death, and the politics of crisis in an American city that asks the question: Was this a one-time tragedy, or an appalling trend? IMDb7.1/10.0-40% $14.99 $ 14. An experienced director/producer, David considers editing the heart of documentary-practice and has chosen to spend the bulk of recent years in the edit room, crafting impactful works with talented collaborators. 2022. But what would have happened if she had painted a self-portrait? Helfand has produced and directed shorts for Frankfurt Kurnit, The New York Times and most recently for 23&Me (Absolutely No Spitting). Cooked: Survival by Zipcode is a 2018 American documentary film, directed and produced by Judith Helfand. Nancy C. Loeb, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Director, Environmental Advocacy Clinic, Northwestern University, Helfand, Judith (film director) (laughing)131701:09:19,266 --> 01:09:20,783Yeah!131801:09:20,784 --> 01:09:21,616You like it?131901:09:21,617 --> 01:09:22,450Yeah!132001:09:25,458 --> 01:09:28,458[Woman] Yes,I love it, I love it.132101:09:30,310 --> 01:09:32,309[Judith] So even in oneof the wealthiest cities132201:09:32,310 --> 01:09:35,863in the nation, access toapples is not guaranteed.132301:09:39,780 --> 01:09:42,019Which is a problem OrrinWilliams was tackling132401:09:42,020 --> 01:09:45,539with Chicago's first-everurban organic farm,132501:09:45,540 --> 01:09:46,559Growing Home.132601:09:47,587 --> 01:09:50,837{\an8}(light, serious music)132701:09:54,410 --> 01:09:57,076Someone said to me, "It'seasier to buy a gun around here132801:09:57,077 --> 01:09:58,267than a tomato. Shop by category. I highly recommend this film for broadening awareness of the links between environmental justice, social justice, and poverty.' The group also became incredibly reflective after seeing a pre-recorded interview with Helfand, chatting about our strengths and limits as filmmakers, promotors and activists. In COOKED, Helfand challenges herself and others to truly see and respond to the invisible man-made disasters taking place in towns and cities across the country before the next 'natural' disaster hits. She calls this the morality of our national priorities., One interviewee, Andy Nebel, then a reporter for ABC News, says, Sexiness for the news media [in the Chicago heat wave] was, it was about the heat. He is currently editing the documentary featureMy Ascension, about teenage suicide. The 1995 Chicago heat wave, with temperatures reaching 106F (41C) and oppressive humidity, ended with the deaths of 739 Chicago residents. (laughing)107400:58:09,886 --> 00:58:12,845The mission, to be readyfor the massive earthquake107500:58:12,870 --> 00:58:14,999that's expected tohit the Midwest,107600:58:15,024 --> 00:58:17,707and simulate acoordinated response.107700:58:19,325 --> 00:58:22,298The last major earthquake, 1812.107800:58:23,730 --> 00:58:25,739[Man] Kilo YankeeFour Hotel Charlie.107900:58:25,740 --> 00:58:27,679K-Y-4-E-O-C.108000:58:27,680 --> 00:58:31,109Kentucky joint forceheadquarters to Kentucky cab,108100:58:31,110 --> 00:58:33,679Alpha Foxtrot Alpha Fouris here, Whiskey, over.108200:58:33,680 --> 00:58:36,729We've had a 7.7Richter scale earthquake.108300:58:36,730 --> 00:58:40,579You can see the damageis particularly intensive108400:58:40,580 --> 00:58:42,649west of the landbetween the lakes region108500:58:42,650 --> 00:58:44,799here in the JacksonPurchase region.108600:58:44,800 --> 00:58:46,293The Cavalier CityFire Department is108700:58:46,317 --> 00:58:47,706inoperable becauseof the earthquake.108800:58:47,707 --> 00:58:51,189A 7,000 pound release ofchlorine that was near a school.108900:58:51,190 --> 00:58:54,266[Man Standing] We had625 casualties, 200 deaths,109000:58:54,267 --> 00:58:57,409275,000 seeking shelter.109100:58:57,410 --> 00:58:58,766So we're sending down a million109200:58:58,790 --> 00:59:00,199MREs and a millionbottles of water.109300:59:00,200 --> 00:59:03,339Medical supplies,food, water, tinnage,109400:59:03,340 --> 00:59:05,549whatever the civilians need.109500:59:05,550 --> 00:59:08,189We got a notificationfrom one of our operators109600:59:08,218 --> 00:59:10,228saying that there was alot of damage in Memphis.109700:59:11,847 --> 00:59:12,798Exercise message.109800:59:14,224 --> 00:59:15,183Exercise message.109900:59:15,191 --> 00:59:16,139[Judith] OK.110000:59:16,140 --> 00:59:18,679I did forget,I was too busy marveling110100:59:18,680 --> 00:59:20,209at our nation's ability110200:59:20,210 --> 00:59:22,869and seeminglyunconditional commitment110300:59:22,870 --> 00:59:26,079to marshal resources,rebuild infrastructure,110400:59:26,080 --> 00:59:30,459save lives, and ensure thatcitizens are fed, housed,110500:59:30,460 --> 00:59:32,073and provided medical care.110600:59:33,560 --> 00:59:37,359That is, as long as it's inthe wake of a natural disaster.110700:59:37,360 --> 00:59:40,141(crowd applauding)110800:59:40,166 --> 00:59:41,251[Man] There you go.110900:59:41,260 --> 00:59:45,535So, response versusmitigation versus preparedness.111000:59:45,560 --> 00:59:50,560Could the recovery come in,in advance of the disaster?111100:59:51,570 --> 00:59:53,549And even in advanceof the preparedness,111200:59:53,550 --> 00:59:56,853because that's, maybe therecovery is preparedness.111300:59:56,892 --> 00:59:58,810But,how are you going to do that111400:59:58,830 --> 01:00:01,123being withoutpersonnel and funds?111501:00:02,370 --> 01:00:04,743You don't have no personneland you have no funds.111601:00:05,580 --> 01:00:07,793You only receive thatafter the disaster.111701:00:09,130 --> 01:00:12,319[Judith] My idea wasn't tosend in the National Guard.111801:00:12,320 --> 01:00:15,229We had more than10,000 people participate111901:00:15,230 --> 01:00:17,189in this exercise yesterday.112001:00:17,190 --> 01:00:19,909[Judith] But with a minortweak to the term disaster,112101:00:19,910 --> 01:00:22,739maybe this well-fundedfederal agency112201:00:22,740 --> 01:00:25,119could invest in thelong-term resilience112301:00:25,120 --> 01:00:26,769of the vulnerable communities112401:00:26,770 --> 01:00:28,983they're actuallypreparing to rescue.112501:00:30,400 --> 01:00:32,819The trick ends up beingnot what you're chasing here112601:00:32,820 --> 01:00:35,499by turning that into adisaster, 'cause it's not112701:00:35,500 --> 01:00:36,819[Judith] Well it is a disaster.112801:00:36,820 --> 01:00:40,933No, it's a crisis andit's, (laughing)112901:00:40,957 --> 01:00:43,959it's one of the negativeparts of the real world.113001:00:43,960 --> 01:00:46,829And where I come from,nobody gets a free pass.113101:00:46,830 --> 01:00:48,599You have to take,you reach down,113201:00:48,600 --> 01:00:51,009grab yourself by thebootstraps, and let's go.113301:00:51,010 --> 01:00:53,469I wish I had abetter answer for ya.113401:00:53,470 --> 01:00:55,599I will say, you've piquedmy interest, I'm thinking,113501:00:55,600 --> 01:00:57,759my brain is tryingto connect some dots,113601:00:57,760 --> 01:01:01,449but I can't get to whereyou want to mobilize113701:01:01,450 --> 01:01:04,533this agency or thisorganization in advance.113801:01:06,020 --> 01:01:07,459It just doesn't work that way.113901:01:07,460 --> 01:01:10,299Now if you changed the laws,and we get people to agree114001:01:10,300 --> 01:01:12,553that we wanna changethe world we live in,114101:01:13,710 --> 01:01:15,509kinda the holy grail, right?114201:01:15,510 --> 01:01:17,823Go for it, I'm right behind you.114301:01:19,728 --> 01:01:22,311(gentle music)114401:01:23,850 --> 01:01:26,749[Judith] I left Frankfurt,Kentucky and headed south114501:01:26,750 --> 01:01:29,169towards the Tennesseeborder to get a good look114601:01:29,170 --> 01:01:30,620at the New Madrid fault line.114701:01:31,950 --> 01:01:34,369A disaster in waitingthat might not,114801:01:34,370 --> 01:01:36,479despite all of this preparation,114901:01:36,480 --> 01:01:38,203even happen in our lifetime.115001:01:39,230 --> 01:01:41,803But of course,I couldn't see anything.115101:01:44,640 --> 01:01:46,259How did we get here?115201:01:46,260 --> 01:01:49,689To a place where so many peoplebelieve that if you're poor,115301:01:49,690 --> 01:01:52,059it's because youdidn't pull hard enough115401:01:52,060 --> 01:01:53,453on your own bootstraps.115501:01:59,910 --> 01:02:01,179{\an8}So what you're struggling with115601:02:01,180 --> 01:02:03,929{\an8}is why are wespending so much money115701:02:03,930 --> 01:02:06,689{\an8}on these low-probability events115801:02:07,240 --> 01:02:10,219when we have people dyinglike flies all around us?115901:02:10,220 --> 01:02:12,999And that money couldbe helping people now.116001:02:13,000 --> 01:02:14,169- Is that it?- Yes.116101:02:14,170 --> 01:02:15,002Yeah.116201:02:15,003 --> 01:02:17,533Well, right.116301:02:18,783 --> 01:02:24,831Yeah, you're right to seethat as an unreasonable116401:02:24,840 --> 01:02:27,269allocation ofresources, 'cause it is.116501:02:27,270 --> 01:02:29,669In order to get help fromthe federal government,116601:02:29,670 --> 01:02:32,639you typically haveto make some showing116701:02:32,640 --> 01:02:34,579that whatever it isthat has happened to you116801:02:34,580 --> 01:02:35,699is not your fault.116901:02:35,700 --> 01:02:40,639And, as a result of that,we pay a lot of attention117001:02:40,640 --> 01:02:43,499in this country to howpeople came to be in need117101:02:43,500 --> 01:02:44,909in the first place.117201:02:44,910 --> 01:02:48,529And their claims arediscredited in our system117301:02:48,530 --> 01:02:50,859by the sense thatthey could have117401:02:50,860 --> 01:02:53,778or should havehelped themselves.117501:02:54,861 --> 01:02:57,864But that is our historyand our tradition.117601:02:57,866 --> 01:03:00,949(slow, somber music)117701:03:08,537 --> 01:03:09,545(people chattering)117801:03:09,546 --> 01:03:11,562[Woman] Number three.117901:03:11,586 --> 01:03:12,963[Man] What happenedto number one?118001:03:12,964 --> 01:03:14,422[Woman] Numberone is right here.118101:03:14,447 --> 01:03:15,361[Man] Open.118201:03:16,580 --> 01:03:18,299{\an8}Number one come right on in.118301:03:18,343 --> 01:03:19,335{\an8}- Two.- Hold on to that.118401:03:19,570 --> 01:03:21,949[Judith] Watching thisgroup of Englewood elders118501:03:21,950 --> 01:03:25,509line up at 7:00 a.m. to gethelp with their energy bills118601:03:25,510 --> 01:03:27,439made our historyand our tradition118701:03:27,440 --> 01:03:30,563seem not only absurd tome, but criminal.118801:03:33,349 --> 01:03:35,182Sir, take your time.118901:03:37,670 --> 01:03:39,296[Judith] Every year, a one-time119001:03:39,320 --> 01:03:42,257federally-funded subsidy of $150119101:03:42,281 --> 01:03:44,367is available forthose who qualify.119201:03:45,300 --> 01:03:47,854As long as the moneydoesn't run out.119301:03:47,855 --> 01:03:48,855Number 10.119401:03:52,836 --> 01:03:54,658Good morning everyone.119501:03:56,256 --> 01:04:01,178{\an8}You know you need yourlight bill, your gas bill,119601:04:01,190 --> 01:04:02,408{\an8}and they have to be current.119701:04:02,920 --> 01:04:06,699We need your income,social security card119801:04:06,700 --> 01:04:09,159for everyone that'sin the household.119901:04:09,160 --> 01:04:12,323A current rentreceipt if you rent.120001:04:13,350 --> 01:04:16,169So you can takethose documents out,120101:04:16,170 --> 01:04:17,773hold 'em in your hand now.120201:04:20,146 --> 01:04:24,188{\an8}They had a cooling programand then they ran out of money.120301:04:24,213 --> 01:04:28,629{\an8}So that cooling programlasted about two or three days.120401:04:28,630 --> 01:04:31,253{\an8}Many people did notget help who needed it.120501:04:32,450 --> 01:04:33,829The money wasn't there.120601:04:33,830 --> 01:04:36,492It wasn't that they did notapply, the money was not there.120701:04:36,493 --> 01:04:38,859See, that money comes fromthe federal government120801:04:38,860 --> 01:04:41,059to the state, then to the city.120901:04:41,060 --> 01:04:43,969But they're more than a hundredintake sites in the city121001:04:43,970 --> 01:04:45,509like ours here.121101:04:45,510 --> 01:04:49,429So there's hundreds of peopleapplying at the same time.121201:04:49,430 --> 01:04:51,163So that money justgoes like that.121301:04:55,232 --> 01:04:56,733- What was it, '85?- '95.121401:05:00,952 --> 01:05:03,119[Judith] How old was he?121501:05:04,170 --> 01:05:07,153He was 58, he was 58.121601:05:07,178 --> 01:05:08,522[Judith] I'm sorry.121701:05:08,523 --> 01:05:09,356Mm-hmm.121801:05:10,999 --> 01:05:13,652(people chattering)121901:05:13,653 --> 01:05:15,074[Woman] 17.122001:05:15,075 --> 01:05:16,158[Woman] 17.122101:05:17,104 --> 01:05:18,476Do you own or rent?122201:05:18,477 --> 01:05:19,418[Client] Own.122301:05:19,419 --> 01:05:21,202Own, OK.122401:05:21,203 --> 01:05:24,203(people chattering)122501:05:31,180 --> 01:05:33,099You can tell a lotabout what we care about122601:05:33,100 --> 01:05:34,750by where we'reputting our money.122701:05:36,460 --> 01:05:40,599People want thoseresources to be at standby122801:05:40,600 --> 01:05:45,600in case they are experiencingan earthquake or a fire122901:05:45,950 --> 01:05:48,349or a flood or hurricane.123001:05:48,350 --> 01:05:50,929Because they can imaginethat happening to them.123101:05:50,930 --> 01:05:54,079A white person cannoteasily imagine what it is123201:05:54,080 --> 01:05:57,919to be a person ofcolor in a community123301:05:57,920 --> 01:06:00,863that doesn't have access togood food or medical care.123401:06:05,555 --> 01:06:06,848{\an8}Have you ever had a mammogram?123501:06:06,872 --> 01:06:07,705{\an8}No, I have not.123601:06:07,721 --> 01:06:09,431{\an8}Are you interestedin having a mammogram?123701:06:09,439 --> 01:06:10,506{\an8}No, I'm not.123801:06:10,515 --> 01:06:13,057{\an8}OK, is there any specificreason, you mind me asking?123901:06:13,518 --> 01:06:18,565No, I just don't wanna have one.124001:06:18,590 --> 01:06:21,809I just, I got plentygoing in my life and124101:06:21,810 --> 01:06:23,880- [Oreletta] Too much already.- Yeah, that's enough.124201:06:23,904 --> 01:06:26,048OK, well do you mind ifI send you a reminder just to124301:06:26,072 --> 01:06:27,049A reminder is fine.124401:06:27,073 --> 01:06:28,617keep on encouragingyou to get one?124501:06:28,640 --> 01:06:29,832- Yes, no problem.- OK.124601:06:29,833 --> 01:06:32,299[Judith] What Icame to learn is this.124701:06:32,300 --> 01:06:35,449In the absence of anysignificant investment,124801:06:35,450 --> 01:06:38,479communities that are mostvulnerable every day,124901:06:38,480 --> 01:06:40,939are forced to rely ontheir own ingenuity125001:06:40,940 --> 01:06:43,009and very meager resources125101:06:43,010 --> 01:06:47,299to respond to the crisis thatmost everyone else ignores.125201:06:47,300 --> 01:06:48,749Like the communityhealth workers125301:06:48,750 --> 01:06:51,059from the Sinai UrbanHealth Institute,125401:06:51,060 --> 01:06:53,049who spend their daysreaching out to women125501:06:53,050 --> 01:06:54,979who suffer breast cancer deaths125601:06:54,980 --> 01:06:58,349at a rate 40% higherthan the white women125701:06:58,350 --> 01:06:59,653on the other side of town.125801:07:00,069 --> 01:07:01,289{\an8}I'm uninsured.125901:07:01,290 --> 01:07:02,999{\an8}OK, you don't haveto worry about that.126001:07:03,000 --> 01:07:05,122{\an8}We have a state-funded programso we pay for the cost.126101:07:05,690 --> 01:07:07,649Once we enter you intothe computer system126201:07:07,650 --> 01:07:09,784then I get you in,probably about a week's time.126301:07:09,785 --> 01:07:10,783OK.126401:07:10,784 --> 01:07:13,683Insurance, anytype, you got, put no.126501:07:15,030 --> 01:07:18,349Check there, and ah.126601:07:18,350 --> 01:07:19,929When the last timeyou had a mammogram?126701:07:19,930 --> 01:07:20,762Probably last year.126801:07:20,763 --> 01:07:22,569Last year,are you set for this year?126901:07:22,570 --> 01:07:23,551I need another one.127001:07:23,552 --> 01:07:24,649You need another, OK.127101:07:24,650 --> 01:07:26,809Every day,I go into an exam room127201:07:26,810 --> 01:07:29,679and I work with people thathave medical conditions,127301:07:29,680 --> 01:07:32,109much of which could'vebeen prevented127401:07:32,110 --> 01:07:35,079or at least made mucheasier to deal with127501:07:35,080 --> 01:07:37,409if they had thestructural conditions127601:07:37,410 --> 01:07:38,710they need to stay healthy.127701:07:39,646 --> 01:07:40,942People think that poor people127801:07:40,981 --> 01:07:43,275don't know how to eat healthyor don't wanna eat healthy.127901:07:43,650 --> 01:07:45,025{\an8}A lot of it ismore about access.128001:07:45,050 --> 01:07:46,176{\an8}They don't have access to it.128101:07:46,201 --> 01:07:47,761{\an8}It's difficult forthem to get to places.128201:07:48,363 --> 01:07:49,643The things thatthey have in their128301:07:49,685 --> 01:07:51,124neighbourhood are not healthy.128401:07:51,149 --> 01:07:52,049[Woman] We have food.128501:07:52,050 --> 01:07:56,392So that's our vision,bring the food to the people.128601:07:56,393 --> 01:07:59,643(gentle, bouncy music)128701:08:13,999 --> 01:08:15,402[Boy] I'll taste salad.128801:08:15,403 --> 01:08:18,035You'll taste salad,OK, salad is good,128901:08:18,059 --> 01:08:19,436it's a good start,what about like.129001:08:19,437 --> 01:08:21,969[Judith] Fresh Moves isa decommissioned city bus129101:08:21,970 --> 01:08:25,509turned mobile market, bringingaffordable fresh produce129201:08:25,510 --> 01:08:28,079to the neighborhoodsthat are often referred to129301:08:28,080 --> 01:08:29,183as food deserts.129401:08:29,863 --> 01:08:31,072Have you ever tried a pear?129501:08:31,073 --> 01:08:32,573Do you wanna try one?129601:08:32,574 --> 01:08:34,237What if buy you anapple or a pear?129701:08:34,238 --> 01:08:35,070Apple.129801:08:35,071 --> 01:08:37,171You wanna try, OK,which one you want?129901:08:38,426 --> 01:08:40,269As a matter of fact, I'm,130001:08:40,270 --> 01:08:41,643is that the one you want, OK.130101:08:41,644 --> 01:08:43,354You got to wait tillthey check out up there.130201:08:43,378 --> 01:08:46,049Just hold on to it.That's a big thing.130301:08:46,050 --> 01:08:47,634[Sheelah] Yeah,you gonna eat it all.130401:08:49,674 --> 01:08:51,258[Woman] Come on,try it, just try it.130501:08:51,281 --> 01:08:52,362Come on.130601:08:52,385 --> 01:08:53,457- Please.- Do it, do it,130701:08:53,481 --> 01:08:56,056do it, do it, do it. Time Periods: Post-Civil Rights Era: 1975 - 2000 His most recent book is a collection of essays, The Age of Clear Profit: Essays on Home and the Narrow Road (UGA Press 2022). 4.1 out of 5 stars 46 ratings. COOKED: Survival by Zip Code had its Chicago premiere in the form of a two-week theatrical run July 12-18th at the Gene Siskel Film Center. Helfand shows us a map of Chicago, with almost perfect overlaps between race, poverty, and heat wave deaths. May 10: Temple Israel Center screening and discussion with Judith Helfand. PO Box 73038 Washington, D.C. 20056 In America, zip code is more important than genetic code and some people and communities have the wrong complexion for protection.' His previous collection wasPirates You Dont Know, and Other Adventures in the Examined Life. (woman laughing)130801:08:56,073 --> 01:08:56,905I'm scared.130901:08:56,906 --> 01:08:59,847- What you scared of?- What you, you scared?131001:08:59,848 --> 01:09:02,681(apple crunching)131101:09:07,051 --> 01:09:09,244- Yes, nice and juicy.- Is it good?131201:09:09,245 --> 01:09:10,677And juicy!131301:09:10,678 --> 01:09:11,510[Woman] It's juicy!131401:09:11,511 --> 01:09:12,928It's juicy, yeah!131501:09:13,774 --> 01:09:16,542(women clapping)131601:09:16,543 --> 01:09:19,265You know you liked it. Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (46) 7.2 1 h 21 min 2019 13+ In 1995 Chicago was hit by a record-breaking heat wave, so hot that the lives of 739 residents were lost in a single week; mostly poor, African-American, and elderly residents. Along the way, Helfand forges inextricable links between extreme weather, extreme disparity, and extreme racism, daring to ask: what if a zip code was just a routing number and not a life-or-death sentence? Cooked: Survival by ZIP Code Film. A life and death story about extreme heat, the politics of "disaster" and survival by zip code. A committed field-builder and educator, Helfand co-founded Working Films in 1999 and Chicken & Egg Pictures in 2005. Sparking democracy through documentary since 1966, Kartemquin is a collaborative center empowering filmmakers who create documentaries that foster a more engaged and just society. Teaching Guide. Now, before I give you Usually, the words look similar to English words so it is very important to pay attention to spelling. The underlying dynamic in those same communities, which determined who would live and die during the heat wave, of course continue to exist now., He has a hard time not laughing bitterly. on September 22, 2020. "Cooked: Survival by Zip Code now available on iTunes, Amazon, and GooglePlay! 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