Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
Jul 12, 2019 | IMDB 7.5
79 min Watch NowDocumentary
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).
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IMDB 7 | Jan , 2007
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IMDB 0 | May , 2020
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 2023
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IMDB 8.2 | Oct , 2016
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IMDB 10 | Jun , 2024
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IMDB 5 | Jul , 2019
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 2025
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2023
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IMDB 8 | Dec , 2023
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 2007
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IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 2008
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IMDB 7.5 | Apr , 2017
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IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 2021
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