Please join the virtual film screening of Cooked: Survival By Zip Code (50 minute version) with the ChiVes scientists this Thursday at 7 PM CST via DePaul University's Zoom.
Judith Helfand, the filmmaker, and others will join a panel afterward. Discussion from audience will be welcomed!
Flyer with text: Free Virtual Film Screening Thursday, May 9th @ 7 PM CT, Zoom link, In 1995, Chicago had the worst heat wave in US history. In just 4 days it killed 739 people. This film tells the story and asks big questions like "What if a ZIP Code was just a routing number and not a death sentence?” COOKED Survival By Zip Code, directed and produced by Judith Helfand and produced by Fenell Doremus. Adapted from the book Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago by Eric Klinenburg. 2023 was the hotest recorded year in history, 2024 was declared a climate global Red Alert by the UN. Are we ready? Followed by an open discussion with: Judith Helfand, filmmaker; Lonette Sims, People’s Response Network (PRN); Dr. Howard Ehrman, People’s Response Network (PRN); Winifred Curran, Chichives.com DePaul University.
