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She has just completed LOVE & STUFF, launching in 2020. In 10 years, that is 32,000 deaths, just from racism in the City of Chicago, he says. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The film follows the 1995 Chicago heat wave, resulting in the deaths of 739 people, primarily in poor and disadvantaged areas. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By Alma Anderson McDonald. November 25: University of St. Andrews, Department of Film Studies, virtual screening and Q&A with Judith Helfand, November 15: Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (KIPCOR) 2020-2021 Film Series, October 25: American Public Health Association Feature Film Festival Opening Kick-Off Event, Understanding Racism and Promoting Policy Change for Racial Healing, October 16: EarthXFilm virtual screening and panel discussion with Judith Helfand and Jerry Hawkins, ED, Dallas Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation. He is currently editing the documentary featureMy Ascension, about teenage suicide. Allright, well just let us know8800:04:07,776 --> 00:04:09,318if you need anything.Yeah, and Deloris8900:04:09,336 --> 00:04:12,297is not home,and Pat's not home either,9000:04:12,310 --> 00:04:13,436she's in the hospital.9100:04:13,460 --> 00:04:14,294[Man] Yeah, I know.9200:04:14,318 --> 00:04:15,361[Judith's Mom] Yeah, OK.9300:04:15,385 --> 00:04:17,591[Announcer] It is veryscary, the water is rushing.9400:04:18,448 --> 00:04:20,457It's your turn, go, go, go, go.9500:04:20,458 --> 00:04:21,917[Announcer] We heardfrom her earlier,9600:04:21,932 --> 00:04:24,193she was stuck in HighlandPark, New York, trying to get9700:04:24,217 --> 00:04:27,269[Judith] Safe, cosy,and with very bad letters,9800:04:27,270 --> 00:04:30,533I had plenty of time to thinkabout disaster preparedness.9900:04:32,490 --> 00:04:34,473My mother had herclose-knit hallway.10000:04:35,410 --> 00:04:37,873My brother and his familyhad their generator.10100:04:39,700 --> 00:04:42,032And I had them.10200:04:42,033 --> 00:04:44,616(gentle music)10300:04:46,280 --> 00:04:49,616I was very aware ofhow fortunate I was.10400:04:49,617 --> 00:04:52,059And I was equally awareof how many people10500:04:52,060 --> 00:04:54,053in my own city, were not.10600:04:59,310 --> 00:05:00,839But I didn't alwayslook at disaster10700:05:00,840 --> 00:05:02,749through the lens of privilege.10800:05:02,750 --> 00:05:06,592That all started with abook I read about a disaster10900:05:06,593 --> 00:05:10,959that took place inChicago in July, 1995.11000:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,293One of the deadliest heatwavesin U.S. history, so far.11100:05:17,020 --> 00:05:19,239I can't say whatshocked me more,11200:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,909the fact that hundreds ofpeople died from the heat11300:05:21,910 --> 00:05:26,910in a major U.S. city,or that I had no memory of it.11400:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,069This was a tragedy thatshould've seared itself11500:05:32,070 --> 00:05:34,723into the mind and memoryof every American.11600:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,697But it didn't, and that'swhat shocked me most of all.11700:05:46,220 --> 00:05:49,397So I tracked down EricKlinenberg, the native Chicagoan11800:05:49,398 --> 00:05:51,879who wrote the bookabout the heatwave.11900:05:51,880 --> 00:05:53,949When I met him,he was about to brief12000:05:53,950 --> 00:05:57,093a congressional subcommitteein Washington, D.C.12100:05:58,710 --> 00:06:02,649Heatwaves kill moreAmericans than all of the other12200:06:02,650 --> 00:06:06,099so-called naturaldisasters combined.12300:06:06,100 --> 00:06:09,639Disasters are important notjust because they represent12400:06:09,640 --> 00:06:14,646extreme cases, but also becausein looking at them closely,12500:06:14,670 --> 00:06:19,219we learn to recognise conditionsthat are always present,12600:06:19,220 --> 00:06:20,633but difficult to perceive.12700:06:21,568 --> 00:06:23,739And I wanna suggestthere's a kind of disaster12800:06:23,740 --> 00:06:25,979in slow motion taking place12900:06:25,980 --> 00:06:28,623in American communitieseverywhere today.13000:06:31,061 --> 00:06:32,395[Judith] Thatwas what was unique13100:06:32,396 --> 00:06:34,554about the heatwave in Chicago.13200:06:34,555 --> 00:06:38,879It was a natural disasterthat revealed an unnatural one13300:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,579in a way that I'dnever really seen.13400:06:41,580 --> 00:06:43,713Mainly because I didn't have to.13500:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,589So I went to Chicago and drovefrom the iconic lakefront13600:06:51,590 --> 00:06:54,229to the south and westsides of the city,13700:06:54,230 --> 00:06:56,849to the neighborhoods that hadsuffered the most heat deaths13800:06:56,850 --> 00:06:58,512in 1995.13900:06:58,513 --> 00:07:01,096(gentle music)14000:07:03,000 --> 00:07:07,389It was obvious, somethingdevastating had happened here,14100:07:07,390 --> 00:07:10,390but I was pretty sure it hadnothing to do with the weather.14200:07:13,980 --> 00:07:16,253This disaster was man-made.14300:07:20,730 --> 00:07:22,999And that's about whenI started to question14400:07:23,000 --> 00:07:26,827our very definition of disaster.14500:07:26,828 --> 00:07:29,995(slow, serious music)14600:07:41,020 --> 00:07:44,629[Announcer] The sun is cookingthe center of the country.14700:07:44,630 --> 00:07:47,012All week,roads have been buckling,14800:07:47,036 --> 00:07:48,649people have been baking,14900:07:48,650 --> 00:07:51,709and the mercury isshowing no mercy.15000:07:51,710 --> 00:07:54,793(slow, somber music)15100:08:02,346 --> 00:08:04,359(kids chattering)15200:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,339[Judith] When Istarted making this film,15300:08:06,340 --> 00:08:09,419Eric Klinenberg handedme a worn VHS tape15400:08:09,420 --> 00:08:12,263filled with news footageof the 1995 heatwave.15500:08:13,210 --> 00:08:16,453And I watched it over and over.15600:08:17,298 --> 00:08:19,399(high-pitched whirring)15700:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,109[Announcer] Businessis brisk for stores15800:08:21,110 --> 00:08:22,579selling fans andair conditioners.15900:08:22,580 --> 00:08:24,679Many customers are tryingto bring them home tonight16000:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,239to get them going in timefor tomorrow's expected16100:08:27,240 --> 00:08:28,449triple digit temperatures.16200:08:29,208 --> 00:08:31,791{\an8}(somber music)16300:08:32,766 --> 00:08:34,160{\an8}[Announcer] The sun sets tonight16400:08:34,184 --> 00:08:36,562{\an8}on one of the hottestdays in Chicago history,16500:08:36,586 --> 00:08:40,565{\an8}an official high of 104degrees at O'Hara Airport.16600:08:40,590 --> 00:08:42,209{\an8}It's hot, it's hot out there.16700:08:42,210 --> 00:08:45,832{\an8}We all walk out there,it's very, very, very hot.16800:08:46,150 --> 00:08:47,999We go to extremes in Chicago,16900:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,852and that's why people loveChicago, we go to extremes.17000:08:50,853 --> 00:08:53,603(sirens blaring)17100:08:55,250 --> 00:08:57,429[Judith] The mayor's cleverplay on the word extremes17200:08:57,430 --> 00:08:59,729took on a newmeaning the next day17300:08:59,730 --> 00:09:02,699when all of a suddenhospitals were overflowing17400:09:02,700 --> 00:09:05,803with patients sufferingfrom heat-related illnesses.17500:09:09,610 --> 00:09:11,160And then people started to die.17600:09:15,117 --> 00:09:19,439{\an8}It was a very hot night andwhen I called my grandmother17700:09:19,440 --> 00:09:20,933{\an8}she didn't answer the phone.17800:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,453{\an8}I thought that was strangebecause she was always there.17900:09:27,336 --> 00:09:29,645{\an8}So I rushed right over here.18000:09:29,670 --> 00:09:31,809{\an8}The door was openbecause the paramedics18100:09:31,810 --> 00:09:32,899{\an8}had already been in there.18200:09:32,900 --> 00:09:35,493{\an8}And I walked in,and I walked into the room,18300:09:36,440 --> 00:09:41,235and I saw my grandmotherlying across the bed, face up.18400:09:41,236 --> 00:09:44,319(slow, somber music)18500:09:47,420 --> 00:09:48,929When they wereexamining her body18600:09:48,930 --> 00:09:51,459I looked over at the windowand it was nailed shut,18700:09:51,460 --> 00:09:54,976and I thought, "What wouldmake her think that by18800:09:54,977 --> 00:09:57,516putting a nail in a windowwould make her feel safe?18900:09:57,517 --> 00:09:59,407Why wasn't this window open? in cooked: survival by zip code, peabody award-winning filmmaker judith helfand uses her signature serious-yet-quirky connect-the-dots style to take audiences from the deadly 1995 chicago heat wave -- in which 739 mostly black, elderly, and poor chicagoans died during the course of one week-- deep into one of our nation's biggest growth See production, box office & company info, Self - Granddaughter of Alberta Washington, Self - Forensic Scientist, Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, Self - Church Elder, Sweet Holy Baptist Church, Self - Gatling's Chapel and Funeral Services, Self - Chief Environment Officer, City of Chicago 2005-2009, Self - Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago, Self - Intake Supervisor, Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, Self - Retired Chief Medical Officer, Cook County Department of Public Health, Yo, Ron? 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? 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. In the last third of the film, Helfand attends a conference for disaster preparedness, where people warn of 69 lightning deaths in the US, and other things that might not happen in our lifetimes. Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University, Author, Introducing Just Sustainabilities: Policy, Planning, and Practice'This is an important film that makes the often missed connections between poverty and environmental harms. It was released theatrically in January 2015. Public health departments in Boston, and New York City, and with 200+ staff at the Cook County Department of Public Health (Chicago), City and County Directors of Racial Equity and Resilience offices in Milwaukee, New York City, Chicago, and Boston, Disaster preparedness and emergency management officials in Boston, Cambridge, Chicago, Madison, the Bay Area, and New York City, Environmental justice and grassroots activists and community-based anchor institutions in Charlotte, Chicago, Detroit, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Sacramento, Washington DC, and Wilmington, July 18: Porter Sanford III Performing Arts & Community Center, Decatur, GA, June 5: First Unitarian Congregational Society, January 20: UC Davis Growing as a Community Racism is a Public Health Crisis webinar, October 21: University of Michigan Community Scholars Program, September 21: GASP, whose mission is to advance environmental justice in the greater Birmingham area.