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He is currently at work onCity so Real, an episodic series directed by Steve James, that paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of Chicago through the lens of the 2019 mayoral election. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. On Wednesday the 25th November, the Green Film Festival were invited into a collaboration with the Universitys Film Studies Department and the Byre Theatre to host a discussion around their screening of Judith Helfands Cooked: Survival by Zip Code. Listen to the discussionhere. Helfand, Judith (film producer) Jay Koziarz, Curbed Chicago'Cooked is an homage to those forgotten and left behind in the wake of disaster. Cooked tells a powerful story about the ways racial capitalism and a persistent lack of foresight collide to devastate communities, destroy families and ruin livesThe film forces us to think about the ways centuries of white supremacy and poor urban planning continue to require ethical and lasting changes to how we define disasters, and just as importantly, how we prepare for them.' Finally, she came to understand that her thesis was actually something like this: Policies should be changed so government can direct more of its tremendous resources from natural-disaster preparedness to alleviation of unnatural disastersthe inequality, poverty, and health issues that kill 3,000 people in one year in Chicago alone (1,833 died in Katrina). It was released through video on demand on August 28, 2019, by Journeyman Pictures, followed by a broadcast on Independent Lens on February 3, 2020. (woman laughing)130801:08:56,073 --> 01:08:56,905I'm scared.130901:08:56,906 --> 01:08:59,847- What you scared of?- What you, you scared?131001:08:59,848 --> 01:09:02,681(apple crunching)131101:09:07,051 --> 01:09:09,244- Yes, nice and juicy.- Is it good?131201:09:09,245 --> 01:09:10,677And juicy!131301:09:10,678 --> 01:09:11,510[Woman] It's juicy!131401:09:11,511 --> 01:09:12,928It's juicy, yeah!131501:09:13,774 --> 01:09:16,542(women clapping)131601:09:16,543 --> 01:09:19,265You know you liked it. It follows the 1995 Chicago heat wave which resulted in the deaths of 739 people, primarily affecting poor and disadvantaged communities. Additional selected credits include: editing on the documentary featuresWhen I Walk,Melting PlanetandBlue Vinylwhich premiered at Sundance in 2013, 2007 and 2002, respectively; editor and co-producer onMentor(Tribeca premier, 2006) and editor onChicks in White Satin, which premiered at Sundance and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1994. View a map of the businesses, restaurants, and shopping in zip code L1K, Oshawa, Ontario. April 13: The University of North Carolina, in partnership with Working Films, presents a virtual screening and panel discussion with Judith Helfand and other special guests. His most recent book is a collection of essays, The Age of Clear Profit: Essays on Home and the Narrow Road (UGA Press 2022). "42000:21:59,816 --> 00:22:02,659{\an8}(light, serious music)42100:22:02,660 --> 00:22:04,419{\an8}[Judith] The immensityof the death toll42200:22:04,420 --> 00:22:05,832{\an8}got summed up by this image,42300:22:06,454 --> 00:22:08,707which is not whatyou'd expect to see42400:22:08,732 --> 00:22:12,075in a suburban cemeteryin America's heartland.42500:22:13,450 --> 00:22:14,829[Announcer] 41people were buried42600:22:14,830 --> 00:22:17,079in a potter's fieldnear Chicago today,42700:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,359forgotten victims of thissummer's deadly heatwave.42800:22:20,360 --> 00:22:22,119Their bodies had lain since July42900:22:22,120 --> 00:22:24,223in the county morgue, unclaimed.43000:22:25,940 --> 00:22:28,763We had the traditionalburial liturgy.43100:22:30,860 --> 00:22:33,123We had the memorialservice here.43200:22:35,770 --> 00:22:37,639{\an8}Starting up here,and coming down here,43300:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,420{\an8}past right up to themonument, yes.43400:22:42,680 --> 00:22:46,700Claude Sanders,William Reedsville,43500:22:47,670 --> 00:22:50,763Lydia Payne, Ethel Young,43600:22:51,650 --> 00:22:56,399Michael Terino, John Kinsinger,43700:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,839Joe Stone, Helen Stegman,43800:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,959Richard Jones, Jose Molina,43900:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,203Mildred Kaldig, Robert Shaffer.44000:23:11,339 --> 00:23:13,039[Judith] It waspractically Fall,44100:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,349and for most Chicagoans,back to business as usual,44200:23:16,350 --> 00:23:17,984before the cityfinally announced44300:23:17,985 --> 00:23:20,053the official heat death numbers.44400:23:21,071 --> 00:23:22,989{\an8}There are some stunningnew figures from the44500:23:23,011 --> 00:23:25,329{\an8}Chicago Health Departmentdramatically increasing44600:23:25,354 --> 00:23:27,934{\an8}the already tragic deathtoll from July's heatwave.44700:23:28,251 --> 00:23:32,005The city now says 733Chicago residents died,44800:23:32,030 --> 00:23:34,819adding more than 200to the original total.44900:23:34,820 --> 00:23:37,119[Judith] And withinweeks, the final death tally45000:23:37,120 --> 00:23:40,646had to be adjusted yetagain, to 739,45100:23:40,647 --> 00:23:44,763the equivalent of two jumbojets crashing in mid-air.45200:23:45,900 --> 00:23:48,989Did you feel a sense ofoutrage at that number45300:23:48,990 --> 00:23:49,893when it came out?45400:23:50,930 --> 00:23:52,880I want to answerthis very carefully.45500:23:54,970 --> 00:23:57,456James Baldwin said,"To be black in America45600:23:57,457 --> 00:24:00,799is to be enragedalmost all of the time. But Helfand does much more than tell this story although she does tell it, and tells it powerfully. web pages Its master gardener calls the Englewood neighborhoodwhere the heat wave hit harda human emergency. Nearby, a $250,000 Homeland Security grant is being used for Chicago emergency services to simulate a tornado at a former public-housing complex. (men laughing)135301:11:17,610 --> 01:11:20,455Hey, the vegetable man is here.135401:11:20,456 --> 01:11:22,176[Woman Seated]How much is those?135501:11:22,177 --> 01:11:24,039These just 75 cent a bunch.135601:11:24,040 --> 01:11:25,101OK.135701:11:25,102 --> 01:11:26,483Come on lady,I don't want no old135801:11:26,484 --> 01:11:28,789withered up greens now, come on.135901:11:28,790 --> 01:11:32,089[Judith] Growing Home isresponding to multiple problems.136001:11:32,090 --> 01:11:35,489Not just the lack of fresh,affordable vegetables,136101:11:35,490 --> 01:11:37,609and the diseasethat goes with it,136201:11:37,610 --> 01:11:41,289but job training for peoplewho've served time in prison,136301:11:41,290 --> 01:11:44,049and the isolation of seniorswho often feel at risk136401:11:44,050 --> 01:11:45,503in their own communities.136501:11:47,070 --> 01:11:50,139On top of that,the gardens are beautiful136601:11:50,140 --> 01:11:53,049and can even help coolthe neighbourhood,136701:11:53,050 --> 01:11:54,579all of which makes a difference136801:11:54,580 --> 01:11:57,239in the midst of any disaster.136901:11:57,240 --> 01:12:00,099Would you call this aheat emergency plan?137001:12:00,100 --> 01:12:03,069No, I think theterm human emergency137101:12:03,070 --> 01:12:04,923is the most appropriate term.137201:12:05,960 --> 01:12:08,460[Judith] I left Orrin,feeling somewhat hopeful.137301:12:10,280 --> 01:12:13,209And then, about two miles away,137401:12:13,210 --> 01:12:15,019on the other side of Englewood,137501:12:15,020 --> 01:12:17,182I saw this disaster unfolding.137601:12:17,183 --> 01:12:19,933(people yelling)137701:12:21,922 --> 01:12:24,888Come on, where y'all going?137801:12:24,889 --> 01:12:28,031[Fireman] Anybody thatcan hear me and can walk,137901:12:28,032 --> 01:12:29,365walk towards me.138001:12:30,789 --> 01:12:34,206[Man] All right,get us out of the way.138101:12:35,025 --> 01:12:36,735[Fireman] Please goover to the yellow tarp138201:12:36,759 --> 01:12:38,177if you don't havea green steno card?138301:12:38,201 --> 01:12:40,030- No, we don't.- Go to that yellow tarp.138401:12:40,036 --> 01:12:42,689You can find a fireman here,down in between the engines,138501:12:42,690 --> 01:12:43,863over to the ambulance.138601:12:46,244 --> 01:12:47,913[Fireman] I got number 26.138701:12:50,320 --> 01:12:52,725Abrasions left arm, left hand.138801:12:52,726 --> 01:12:56,239(people chattering)138901:12:56,240 --> 01:12:58,083Puncture wound tothe right abdomen.139001:13:02,850 --> 01:13:05,409Chicago firefighters havebeen working around the clock139101:13:05,410 --> 01:13:08,119preparing for a massive tornado.139201:13:08,120 --> 01:13:10,839It's a drill tosimulate a tornado,139301:13:10,840 --> 01:13:13,053wiping out partof the south side.139401:13:16,810 --> 01:13:19,029[Tammy] This rare trainingdrill was made possible139501:13:19,030 --> 01:13:22,713by a $250,000 HomelandSecurity grant.139601:13:23,740 --> 01:13:25,289{\an8}They're drilling in Englewood,139701:13:25,290 --> 01:13:26,960{\an8}which has becomerather notorious139801:13:26,961 --> 01:13:29,180{\an8}as one of the mostdangerous neighborhoods139901:13:29,204 --> 01:13:30,122{\an8}in the city of Chicago.140001:13:30,146 --> 01:13:33,199{\an8}And this is actually a goodopportunity for them to show off140101:13:33,200 --> 01:13:35,728{\an8}how great they areat strategic planning140201:13:35,752 --> 01:13:37,230{\an8}in the event of a disaster.140301:13:37,254 --> 01:13:39,326{\an8}So that's taking place today.Kinda neat, right guys?140401:13:39,327 --> 01:13:40,689{\an8}- That is.- Oh yeah, it really is.140501:13:40,690 --> 01:13:42,158{\an8}- Thank you, Tammy.- All right.140601:13:42,886 --> 01:13:45,868(slow, somber music)140701:13:45,869 --> 01:13:47,999[Judith] I couldn'tbelieve what I was watching.140801:13:48,000 --> 01:13:50,999A lavishly-funded disaster drill140901:13:51,000 --> 01:13:55,059taking place at a formerpublic housing complex,141001:13:55,060 --> 01:13:58,483literally on top of thedisaster in slow motion.141101:14:01,613 --> 01:14:03,009[Fireman] All right, all right,141201:14:03,010 --> 01:14:05,495they're gonna put somestraps on you, OK?141301:14:05,496 --> 01:14:06,413Here, OK?141401:14:09,660 --> 01:14:11,419[Judith] I'm notsuggesting we do away with141501:14:11,420 --> 01:14:13,999disaster preparedness training.141601:14:14,000 --> 01:14:17,399No one wants EMTs andfirefighters googling,141701:14:17,400 --> 01:14:20,039how to use the jaws of life,141801:14:20,040 --> 01:14:22,373while trying to cutsomeone out of a car.141901:14:24,290 --> 01:14:27,599But I looked up deathsfrom tornadoes in Chicago,142001:14:27,600 --> 01:14:30,323and the average isabout one person a year.142101:14:32,240 --> 01:14:35,329While some 3,000 peopledie each and every year142201:14:35,330 --> 01:14:38,479from preventablediseases within about142301:14:38,480 --> 01:14:40,393a five-mile radiusof this drill.142401:14:45,213 --> 01:14:47,259It had never beenmore obvious to me142501:14:47,260 --> 01:14:52,260how deeply flawed and immoralour national priorities are.142601:14:52,632 --> 01:14:55,715(slow, somber music)142701:15:00,690 --> 01:15:03,669I started this filmquestioning our very definition142801:15:03,670 --> 01:15:06,839of disaster, and I'm ending it142901:15:06,840 --> 01:15:10,159convinced that if we'd justenlarge that definition,143001:15:10,160 --> 01:15:12,889we could address theunderlying conditions143101:15:12,890 --> 01:15:15,713that are literallykilling people every day.143201:15:18,100 --> 01:15:20,869Because the word disastertypically moves people143301:15:20,870 --> 01:15:24,969to respond quickly,with courage, compassion,143401:15:24,970 --> 01:15:26,533and cold, hard cash.143501:15:29,470 --> 01:15:32,020And if we responded toslow motion disaster143601:15:33,160 --> 01:15:35,453the way we do asudden natural one,143701:15:36,800 --> 01:15:40,719the odds of saving a life,just in the city of Chicago,143801:15:40,720 --> 01:15:45,403would be at least 3,200 toone, no matter the weather.143901:15:46,404 --> 01:15:48,987(somber music)144001:15:51,180 --> 01:15:53,593So what's the best wayto prepare for disaster?144101:15:54,600 --> 01:15:56,693Or for that matter,recover from one?144201:16:00,050 --> 01:16:01,900I guess it dependson where you live.144301:16:02,983 --> 01:16:06,486And the kind of worldwe wanna live in.144401:16:06,501 --> 01:16:11,501(gentle, somber music)(fireworks popping)144501:16:25,552 --> 01:16:27,802(clicking)144601:16:31,621 --> 01:16:34,871(relaxed techno music)144701:18:41,373 --> 01:18:44,706(relaxed serious music)144801:20:13,674 --> 01:20:16,924(gentle, solemn music)144901:20:36,381 --> 01:20:40,048(relaxed techno music)145001:21:31,855 --> 01:21:36,855(light tonal music) (swishing). Rethinking Schools. As Creative Director she helped design and lead Chicken & Egg Pictures mentorship and funding programs for nearly a decade, served as a Producer on the Oscar-nominated, Dupont-winning short, THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM and Executive Producer on the award-winning films SEMPER FI: ALWAYS FAITHFUL, PRIVATE VIOLENCE and HOT GIRLS WANTED. Teaching Activity. 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. They were dying on the south and west sides.. The , With extreme weather all over the United States and in the news, yet with little, Zinn did not merely record history, he made it: as a professor at Spelman College. Cooked: Survival by Zip Code John Griswold February 16, 2020 A new documentary, Cooked: Survival by Zip Code, is now streaming on PBS. 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