Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

Plot Summary

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).

Top Cast

Michelle Landis Dauber Herself

Judith Helfand Herself

John W. Heltzel Himself

Colleen Scott Herself