Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (2019)
76 min
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).
- Release date
- July 12, 2019
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Valerie Brown as Self - Granddaughter of Alberta Washington
- Michelle Landis Dauber as Self
- Jim Dupont as Self - Illinois Urban Search and Rescue
- Maureen Finn as Self - Forensic Scientist, Cook County Medical Examiner's Office
- Geraldine Flowers as Self - Church Elder, Sweet Holy Baptist Church
- Oreletta Garmon as Self - Community Health Worker
- Shirl Gatling as Self - Gatling's Chapel and Funeral Services
- Judith Helfand as Self
Crew
- Richard M. Daley · Archive footage
- Edmund Donoghue · Archive footage
- Judith Helfand · Director
- Fenell Doremus · Producer
- T. Griffin · Composer
- Tod Lending · Cinematographer
- Stanley Staniski · Cinematographer
- Keith Walker · Cinematographer
- David Cohen · Editor
- Simeon Hutner · Editor
- Richard Miron · Editor
- David E. Simpson · Editor