COOKED: Survival by Zip Code

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Please join us for a screening and discussion on COOKED: Survival by Zip Code, a searing investigation into the politics of "disaster"

Chicago Beyond

Woods Fund Chicago, Chicago Beyond, and Peabody Award winning filmmaker Judith Helfand are thrilled to invite you to this screening and discussion about racism, place, and disaster politics. Learn about the impact the film has had thus far, and the filmmaker's plans moving forward in advance of the national PBS broadcast in February 2020 and the 25th anniversary of the heat wave in July.COOKED: Survival by Zip Code is Peabody Award-winning 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). Along the way she forges inextricable links between extreme weather, extreme wealth disparity and extreme racism, daring to ask: What if a zip code was just a routing number, and not a life-or-death sentence. Adapted from Eric Klinenberg’s ground-breaking book HEAT WAVE: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago. Join us as we explore and discuss the connections between racism, place, and disaster politics. Stay for a panel discussion with the filmmaker, a local community activist, local climate and public health experts.Doors will open at 4:00 PM, and the event will start at 4:15 PM.At this event, please note that photography, audio, and video may occur.We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals with disabilities to engage fully. To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please send an email to Chicago Beyond at connect@chicagobeyond.org or call 312-763-6558.

MORE ON THE FILM: Asking open-ended questions that push people to deeply consider what it might mean to redefine the term “disaster” and reframe the concept of “resilience,” Helfand forges inextricable connections between the cataclysmic natural disasters we’re willing to see and prepare for and the slow-motion disasters we’re not – that is until an extreme weather event hits and they are made exponentially more deadly and visible. Using a combination of chutzpah, humor and candor, Helfand delves deep into one of our nation’s biggest growth industries: disaster preparedness.Whether it’s a deadly heat wave in Chicago or Hurricanes Katrina, Sandy, Harvey or Maria, disasters reveal the ways in which class, race, and zip code predetermine who lives and dies everyday, regardless of the weather and who gets hurt the worst and first in the wake of an “official disaster.” In COOKED we are challenged to respond to the man-made disasters taking place in towns and cities across the country before the next unprecedented “natural” disaster hits. COOKED is produced by Judith Helfand and Fenell Doremus, and is a co-production of Kartemquin Films.

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