John Griswold is a staff writer at The Common Reader. Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (46) 7.2 1 h 21 min 2019 13+ In 1995 Chicago was hit by a record-breaking heat wave, so hot that the lives of 739 residents were lost in a single week; mostly poor, African-American, and elderly residents. Average deaths by tornado in Chicago: one. A human emergency plan. In 2007, Helfand received a United States Artist Fellowship, one of 50 awarded annually to Americas finest living artists. In 2016 she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Our goal: re-fresh and reframe the narrative around the 1995 heat disaster and get the press, the public and elected officials talking about investment in the citys most vulnerable communities as the most effective way of preparing for disaster. It was released theatrically in January 2015. ], Your email address will not be published. web pages There are no reviews yet. John Hauser Cooked: Survival by Zipcode (2019) tells the story of the tragic 1995 Chicago 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. August 21: The 10th Ecofalante Environmental Film Festival, Brazil. They have high rates of gun-related death, diabetes, breast cancer, unemployment, heart disease, school closings, and high-school dropouts. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. COOKED: Survival by Zip Code Wednesday, February 12, 2020 @ 7PM The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave. Judith Helfand (2018, U.S., 76 min.) Life expectancy is lowest in the city. He is currently editing the documentary featureMy Ascension, about teenage suicide. People werent dying on the North Side. Skip to main content Cooked DVD Chicago suffered the worst heat disaster in U.S history in 1. By Alma Anderson McDonald. During the crisis, Mayor Richard M. Daley tried to lay the blame for high mortality rates on black families, saying they should take better care of their elders and check in with them more. 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. Book Non-fiction. He has taught filmmaking at Northwestern University, the University of Minnesota and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. When We Walkwill premiere at Hot Docs in April 2019. Cooked: Survival by Zip Code 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,. Enter your search keyword. In addition to producing COOKED: Survival by Zip Code, Doremus co-produced the Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning, ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail for PBS Frontline series. "106600:57:43,175 --> 00:57:44,758[Judith] Buildingsare boarded up, there's106700:57:44,783 --> 00:57:46,701miles of empty lots,there's a lot of abandoned106800:57:46,726 --> 00:57:49,319I wondered about thatterm, like it was.106900:57:49,347 --> 00:57:53,310Why not better than before,or prepared for the future?107000:57:54,670 --> 00:57:56,799So when GeneralHeltzel invited me to107100:57:56,800 --> 00:57:59,699a federally-funded,seven-state, week-long107200:57:59,700 --> 00:58:03,093disaster preparednessexercise, I went.107300:58:05,447 --> 00:58:08,619Oye. The film, about the slow-motion disaster of inequality that came to light during the 1995 Chicago heatwave, gave a great launch to how we can tackle the inequalities closer to home that dont have catastrophic events to expose their extent. 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). Lets just say, its about a lack of compassion on a lot of parts.. 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.' Church - Chicago, IL, January 31 - Albany Park Library - Chicago, IL, November 15 @ 5:30pm- St. Louis International Film Festival, Tivoli Theatre | 6350 Delmar Boulevard | St. Louis, MO 63130, Panelists: Munerah Ahmed (Director of the Climate and Health Project, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene), Judith Helfand (Director/Producer of COOKED: Survival by Zip Code), SUNDAY November 17 @ 10:45am - Cucalorus Film Festival, Thalian Black | 310 Chestnut Street | Wilmington, NC 28401, THURSDAY October 24 and SATURDAY October 26 - Milwaukee International Film Festival, THURSDAY October 28 @ 1:30pm- Panel at Milwaukee International Film Festival, Panelists: Nicole Brookshire (Director, Milwaukee County Executive's Cabinet), Jennifer Ball-Sharp (Research and Program Manager, Milwaukee County Office on African American Affairs), Judith Helfand (Director/Producer of COOKED: Survival by Zip Code), Broadway Theatre Center |158 N. Broadway | Milwaukee, WI 53202, THURSDAY October 24 @ 6pm - Panel at UPenn Law, Panelists: Kevin Brown (Peoples Emergency Center), Zakia Elliott (Program Manager, Philadelphia Climate Works), Jose Ferran Jr. (Hunting Park United), Tayyib Smith (Cofounder, Little Giant Creative) Judith Helfand (Director/Producer of COOKED: Survival by Zip Code), University of Pennsylvania Law School |3501 Sansom Street | Philadelphia, PA 19104, SATURDAY October 26 @ 7pm - Producers Forum at Scribe Video Center, Panelists: Kevin Brown of the People's Emergency Center, Zakia Elliott (Program Manager, Philadelphia Climate Works), Jose Ferran Jr. (Hunting Park United), Tayyib Smith (Cofounder, Little Giant Creative), Scribe Video Center | 3908 Lancaster Avenue | Philadelphia, PA 19104, FRIDAY October 25 @ 4pm - Chicago Beyond And Woods Fund Panel, Panelists: Danielle Perry (Growing Home), Dennis Deer (Cook County Commissioner of the 2nd District), James Bloyd, Collaborative for Health Equity, Judith Helfand (Director/Producer of COOKED: Survival by Zip Code) | Moderator: Caronina Grimble, Woods Fund Chicago, Chicago Beyond |811 West Fulton Market| Chicago, IL 60607, FRIDAY October 25 @ 9:30am - Global Symposium on Sustainable Cities and Neighborhoods, International House |1414 E 59th Street| Chicago, IL 60637, YES Film Festival - Columbus, IN - October 25-27, Milwaukee International Film Festival - Milwaukee, WI - October 24, 26, 28, The Gorton Center - Lake Forest, IL - October 22 (11 am and 7pm screenings), Producer Fenell Doremus in-person after 7pm screening, Planet in Focus International Environmental Film Festival - Toronto, ON - October 19, Cook County Department of Public Health - Forest Park, IL - October 17, 2019 BendFilm Festival - Bend, OR - October 11, THURSDAY September 19 @ 6pm - Cook County Takes on Racial Equity, Panelists: Judith Helfand (Director/Producer of COOKED: Survival by Zip Code), Dennis Deer (Cook County Commissioner of the 2nd District), Alma E. Anaya (Cook County Commissioner of the 7th District), Lanetta Haynes Turner (Cook County Government Chief of Staff), Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 164 N. State Street | Chicago, IL 60601, THURSDAY September 29 @ 1pm - South Side Film Festival, McCormick Tribune Campus Center | 321 South State Street | Chicago, IL 60616July 2019, San Francisco Green Film Festival - San Francisco, CA - September 28, Cambridge Community Development Department - Cambridge, MA - Thursday, September 26, Northeastern University - Boston, MA - Thursday, September 26, A Boston community summit and screening. Directed and produced by Judith Helfand, the film is an adaption of Eric Klinenberg's first book, Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago. (laughing)100800:55:04,243 --> 00:55:07,689This is the map of the areathat we were covering, it's100900:55:07,690 --> 00:55:09,659Six Midwest states,101000:55:09,660 --> 00:55:12,217where the New Madridearthquake zone is.101100:55:12,232 --> 00:55:13,581[Judith] But ifit was really bad,101200:55:13,605 --> 00:55:15,106where would they gethit on your shirt?101300:55:15,130 --> 00:55:17,629Oh it'd be like,the whole Midwest.101400:55:17,654 --> 00:55:20,323Think about all the bridgesyou crossed getting here,101500:55:20,365 --> 00:55:21,908they'll all be gone.101600:55:21,950 --> 00:55:23,426If you don't knowwhat the plan is,101700:55:23,451 --> 00:55:25,243you may not have a plan.101800:55:25,260 --> 00:55:27,409I'm not here toscare you to death.101900:55:27,410 --> 00:55:30,303I can, but I won't.102000:55:30,799 --> 00:55:33,385Catastrophic ice,it's pretty much the worst102100:55:33,410 --> 00:55:34,962anyone has ever seen.102200:55:34,987 --> 00:55:37,279Lightning has killedat least 67 people102300:55:37,299 --> 00:55:38,364in the United States.102400:55:38,389 --> 00:55:41,056(light buzzing)102500:55:41,970 --> 00:55:43,819[Judith] After a dayand a half of lectures,102600:55:43,820 --> 00:55:47,729keynotes and workshops,one thing was pretty clear.102700:55:47,730 --> 00:55:49,989While disastersthreaten everyone,102800:55:49,990 --> 00:55:52,879disaster preparednessis a luxury.102900:55:52,880 --> 00:55:54,749It's for communitieswho are stable enough103000:55:54,750 --> 00:55:57,929in the present toworry about the future.103100:55:57,930 --> 00:56:00,623I've got apreparedness kit with me.103200:56:01,800 --> 00:56:03,779[Judith] But what ifyou can't even conceive of103300:56:03,780 --> 00:56:07,973a to-go kit because you needa to-get-through-the-week kit?103400:56:09,270 --> 00:56:12,520(light, serious music)103500:56:14,711 --> 00:56:17,647This is the disasterthat I started working on.103600:56:17,672 --> 00:56:19,142Excessive heat, Chicago.103700:56:19,167 --> 00:56:21,280Right, it's a heat death map.103800:56:22,890 --> 00:56:24,909These grays areasare the poorest,103900:56:24,910 --> 00:56:27,609sort of neighborhoodsin the city.104000:56:27,610 --> 00:56:29,259So here's the big question.104100:56:29,260 --> 00:56:31,279What if we redefine disaster104200:56:31,280 --> 00:56:35,470as extreme pernicious poverty?104300:56:35,482 --> 00:56:36,524Mm.104400:56:39,069 --> 00:56:41,088[Judith] I didn't wannamake anyone uncomfortable.104500:56:41,112 --> 00:56:42,735(both laughing nervously)104600:56:42,736 --> 00:56:46,163But frankly, who's comfortabletalking about race and class?104700:56:47,440 --> 00:56:49,809And even though I knew Imight be putting some people104800:56:49,810 --> 00:56:51,869on the spot bytrying to get them104900:56:51,870 --> 00:56:54,173to re-imagine thedefinition of disaster,105000:56:55,260 --> 00:56:56,510I couldn't resist trying.105100:56:57,470 --> 00:56:59,677How are you gonna do that?105200:57:02,550 --> 00:57:04,429What we're looking for,what we're trying to do105300:57:04,430 --> 00:57:06,259here today is kinda deal with105400:57:06,260 --> 00:57:08,763a one-time event type situation.105500:57:10,630 --> 00:57:13,843Poverty is a culturalissue because we accept it.105600:57:15,452 --> 00:57:17,319Pure and simple, we accept it.105700:57:17,320 --> 00:57:19,389So then, isn't there away to just think about105800:57:19,390 --> 00:57:22,275economic development asdisaster preparedness?105900:57:23,140 --> 00:57:25,099{\an8}If you're asking mecan emergency management106000:57:25,100 --> 00:57:29,159{\an8}solve the poverty issues,I can tell you, no, we can't.106100:57:29,160 --> 00:57:31,400{\an8}Emergency management cannotsolve those problems.106200:57:31,663 --> 00:57:34,040'Cause the systems thatwe have now are all about,106300:57:35,210 --> 00:57:37,609we've had a majordisaster, come back in106400:57:37,610 --> 00:57:40,129and restore thatcommunity to like it was.106500:57:40,130 --> 00:57:43,155In fact, the FEMA regulationssay, "Like it was. You've just tried to add this show to COOKED: Survival By Zip Code will be having an encore broadcast on Monday, July 13th, 2020 on PBS Independent Lens, the 25th anniversary of the most . 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. Use the HTML below. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Find the correct Postal codes ( Zip code ) of Ontario Canada and View your current postal code on Map and lookup service. Watch the discussion here. When peeled away from the shocking headlines the story reveals the less newsworthy but long-term crisis of pernicious poverty, economic, and social isolation and racism. Kartemquin is recognized as a leading advocate for independent public media, and has helped hundreds of artists via its filmmaker development programs that help further grow the field, such as KTQ Labs, Diverse Voices in Docs, and the acclaimed KTQ Internship. We meet the inspiring educators associated with, In June of 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for violating Louisianas Separate Car Act. This documentary focuses on Chicago's heat wave to look at how a weeklong tragedy is really a story about the "slow-motion disaster" caused by race and class inequality. "57600:30:09,810 --> 00:30:13,239It's true, but it's farmore true for some areas57700:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,429than others,and that kind of language57800:30:15,430 --> 00:30:17,939just obscures what'shappening in the city.57900:30:17,940 --> 00:30:21,089It makes it impossiblefor us to understand58000:30:21,090 --> 00:30:22,229what happened here.58100:30:22,230 --> 00:30:25,189If this were a storyabout what cities can do58200:30:25,190 --> 00:30:29,479in an acute emergency toprevent heatwave deaths,58300:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,409it'd be an open and shut case.58400:30:31,410 --> 00:30:33,059But it's a much deeperstory than that.58500:30:33,060 --> 00:30:36,559It's a story about thesedeeper social fault lines58600:30:36,560 --> 00:30:39,559that make some membersof a city vulnerable58700:30:39,560 --> 00:30:42,819and keep others protectedand blissfully ignorant58800:30:42,820 --> 00:30:45,329about what's happeningto people who live58900:30:45,330 --> 00:30:47,131quite close to them.59000:30:47,132 --> 00:30:50,299(light digital music)59100:30:56,910 --> 00:30:59,349We want to make surethat all Chicagoans59200:30:59,350 --> 00:31:01,860take appropriateprecautions for dealing with59300:31:01,861 --> 00:31:04,711extreme heat and humidity.59400:31:04,712 --> 00:31:07,159(people chattering)59500:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,779[Judith] Ever since1995, when the temperatures59600:31:09,780 --> 00:31:13,819start to rise, the city rollsout its heat emergency plan,59700:31:13,820 --> 00:31:16,979which over the years hasbecome a model for other cities59800:31:16,980 --> 00:31:20,719also struggling to adaptto an ever-warming world.59900:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,659The plan includes amulti-million dollar60000:31:22,660 --> 00:31:26,479emergency command center,reverse-911 calls,60100:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,379and vigorous public messaging.60200:31:28,380 --> 00:31:31,239We really need eachand every neighbour,60300:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,099every single personon every single block,60400:31:34,100 --> 00:31:36,439you know wherethese seniors are.60500:31:36,440 --> 00:31:40,479If you cannot reach out to them,would you please call 3-1-160600:31:40,480 --> 00:31:44,189and give us their address,we will go and help them.60700:31:44,190 --> 00:31:47,603You could literally save alife, so thank you so much.60800:31:49,110 --> 00:31:51,710{\an8}[Judith] What do you thinkof the heat emergency plan?60900:31:52,666 --> 00:31:56,175{\an8}I don't know whatI think of that.61000:31:59,622 --> 00:32:00,840(laughing)61100:32:00,865 --> 00:32:03,989We could call it a povertyemergency plan instead61200:32:03,990 --> 00:32:07,433or a remedyingsocial evils plan,61300:32:08,306 --> 00:32:10,435I wouldn't mind those things61400:32:10,460 --> 00:32:14,283that got more to the rootcauses of the situation.61500:32:15,210 --> 00:32:18,989The underlying dynamic inthose same communities,61600:32:18,990 --> 00:32:20,959things like racism and poverty,61700:32:20,960 --> 00:32:24,909which determined who would liveand die during the heatwave,61800:32:24,910 --> 00:32:27,213of course continue to exist now.61900:32:27,909 --> 00:32:29,827[Judith] Do you thinkthey're addressing that?62000:32:29,828 --> 00:32:33,849Do I think the city isaddressing the extreme poverty62100:32:33,850 --> 00:32:36,399in communities ofcolor in Chicago,62200:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,168is that what you're asking me?62300:32:38,169 --> 00:32:39,292(laughing)62400:32:40,372 --> 00:32:41,697Don't be ridiculous.62500:32:44,390 --> 00:32:47,557(children chattering)62600:32:52,330 --> 00:32:55,580(relaxed upbeat music)62700:33:19,424 --> 00:33:22,321[Man] Gonna stayout of the water now.62800:33:22,322 --> 00:33:23,905Well that's good.62900:33:24,925 --> 00:33:26,386[Man] Please don't write me up.63000:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,328[Officer] Please back away.63100:33:31,329 --> 00:33:34,279Everybody back upoff each other.63200:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,665[Child] Why y'allwanna turn it off for?63300:33:36,666 --> 00:33:38,835(people chattering)63400:33:38,836 --> 00:33:40,795[Woman] It's low, it'slow, that's what it is.63500:33:45,605 --> 00:33:48,855(light, serious music)63600:33:55,956 --> 00:33:58,750[Judith] A decade afterthe heatwave, Eric Klinenberg63700:33:58,770 --> 00:34:01,290was still trying to get peopleto learn the core lesson63800:34:01,294 --> 00:34:02,667of that disaster.63900:34:03,310 --> 00:34:07,025{\an8}10 years ago, more than 700Chicagoans died in the heatwave.64000:34:07,050 --> 00:34:09,469{\an8}But you say that's notreally the entire story.64100:34:09,511 --> 00:34:12,825{\an8}What you wanted to knowwere the underlying social,64200:34:12,850 --> 00:34:14,175{\an8}human dimensions to this, right?64300:34:14,199 --> 00:34:15,867{\an8}That's right,we have this term, a natural64400:34:15,891 --> 00:34:17,370{\an8}disaster that we'reall familiar with.64500:34:17,394 --> 00:34:20,105{\an8}There's certainly nothingnatural about the way they died.64600:34:20,105 --> 00:34:23,076{\an8}What I'm more concerned aboutis our collective failure64700:34:23,100 --> 00:34:25,999{\an8}to address the everyday crisis,64800:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,399{\an8}the disaster in slowmotion if you will.64900:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,209{\an8}If we look too muchfor the scapegoat65000:34:30,210 --> 00:34:31,849{\an8}we'll misleadourselves into thinking65100:34:31,850 --> 00:34:33,784{\an8}we're not all kind ofaccountable in some way.65200:34:34,191 --> 00:34:36,809And my biggest concernnow is that if we refuse65300:34:36,810 --> 00:34:38,859to come to termswith this crisis,65400:34:38,860 --> 00:34:41,869we'll doom ourselvesto experience it again.65500:34:41,870 --> 00:34:43,469(deep, somber music)65600:34:43,470 --> 00:34:45,059[Judith] And we did.65700:34:45,060 --> 00:34:47,409Just six weeks afterthat interview,65800:34:47,410 --> 00:34:50,909the crisis we refused tocome to terms with in Chicago65900:34:50,910 --> 00:34:54,879repeated itself in New Orleansand all along the Gulf Coast66000:34:54,880 --> 00:34:58,873while the whole country,and much of the world, watched.66100:35:00,346 --> 00:35:03,545{\an8}(slow, somber music)66200:35:03,570 --> 00:35:06,459{\an8}Like millions of others,I spent that Labor Day weekend66300:35:06,460 --> 00:35:09,789{\an8}glued to the television set,watching whole neighborhoods66400:35:09,790 --> 00:35:11,593{\an8}disappear under water.66500:35:15,060 --> 00:35:18,249One natural disaster,plus crumbling flood walls66600:35:18,250 --> 00:35:20,859in the city's mostvulnerable neighborhoods,66700:35:20,860 --> 00:35:24,687added up to one bignational revelation.66800:35:24,711 --> 00:35:26,091We're gonna talk about something66900:35:26,115 --> 00:35:27,349else before the show's over too,67000:35:27,350 --> 00:35:29,599and that's the bigelephant in the room,67100:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,729the race and economic classof most of the victims,67200:35:32,730 --> 00:35:35,689which the media hasn'tdiscussed much at all,67300:35:35,690 --> 00:35:37,003but we will a bit later.67400:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,559[Judith] What had seemed tome to be a one-time tragedy67500:35:41,560 --> 00:35:45,623in Chicago, all at oncebecame an appalling trend.67600:35:48,050 --> 00:35:50,393Life and deathdetermined by zip code.67700:35:52,780 --> 00:35:55,439And this movie,which started out being about67800:35:55,440 --> 00:35:59,599one specific heat disaster,turned into something else,67900:35:59,600 --> 00:36:01,850something more complicatedand uncomfortable.68000:36:03,260 --> 00:36:06,803About the impact of generationsworth of racism and denial.68100:36:08,910 --> 00:36:13,019Denial that even after Katrina,was still going strong.68200:36:13,020 --> 00:36:15,869What's the guesstimate costof rebuilding those levies?68300:36:15,870 --> 00:36:20,479The bill is $2.9 billion,which will give us,68400:36:20,480 --> 00:36:23,579send us a long way to repairingand upgrading the levies,68500:36:23,580 --> 00:36:25,569making them real categorythree protection,68600:36:25,570 --> 00:36:28,233which apparently they weren't,we learned the hard way.68700:36:29,499 --> 00:36:32,582(slow, somber music)68800:36:34,940 --> 00:36:37,289[Judith] Back in Chicago,where it was predicted68900:36:37,290 --> 00:36:41,199that by 2050 the weather wouldfeel more like Baton Rouge,69000:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,759Mayor Daley inaugurated hisofficial climate action plan,69100:36:44,760 --> 00:36:48,519starting with a $2.5million project,69200:36:48,520 --> 00:36:50,026built on top of city hall.69300:36:50,590 --> 00:36:53,089{\an8}So what you'll seebehind me here is actually69400:36:53,090 --> 00:36:54,699{\an8}the green roof on city hall.69500:36:54,700 --> 00:36:58,359{\an8}We're 12 stories above thecity, and as you can tell,69600:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,559{\an8}it's kinda like a prairie,you can hear the crickets,69700:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,109{\an8}you can see the butterflies,69800:37:02,110 --> 00:37:03,810{\an8}there are birdsthat live up here.69900:37:05,088 --> 00:37:07,839So what we've donehere, and I'll show you,70000:37:07,840 --> 00:37:10,539we've created anurban heat island map.70100:37:10,540 --> 00:37:12,539We can see the hot spots70200:37:12,540 --> 00:37:14,869and then we planttrees in those areas.70300:37:14,870 --> 00:37:17,469'Cause one mature tree hasthe air conditioning effect70400:37:17,470 --> 00:37:20,889of 12 room-sizeair conditioners.70500:37:20,890 --> 00:37:23,479So these strategiesprovide a huge impact70600:37:23,480 --> 00:37:27,069in actually realcooling of the city.70700:37:27,070 --> 00:37:30,237(light digital music)70800:37:40,980 --> 00:37:43,053We're pretty faraway from city hall.70900:37:46,650 --> 00:37:49,050{\an8}I don't know about anyrooftop gardens out here.71000:37:50,489 --> 00:37:53,656(light digital music)71100:37:57,810 --> 00:38:00,269This is the blockthat I lived on71200:38:00,270 --> 00:38:03,119from the time I wasone or two years old71300:38:03,120 --> 00:38:04,713till I was about 14.71400:38:05,690 --> 00:38:08,273Used to be a churchhere that burned down.71500:38:09,518 --> 00:38:10,903Used to be a house here.71600:38:13,600 --> 00:38:16,593This house was nextdoor to where we lived,71700:38:17,630 --> 00:38:19,623and we lived right here.71800:38:21,540 --> 00:38:24,687And this whole blockwas full of houses.71900:38:27,230 --> 00:38:30,859I can start to evensee the faces of people72000:38:30,860 --> 00:38:32,033that I grew up with.72100:38:33,400 --> 00:38:37,029Summer day like today, whenI was growing up around here,72200:38:37,030 --> 00:38:39,939would be full ofpeople out and about.72300:38:39,940 --> 00:38:44,123Kids playing,adults coming to and from work.72400:38:50,410 --> 00:38:53,023There were all kinds ofthings up and down Halsted.72500:38:55,130 --> 00:38:57,529It was this vibrant place to be,72600:38:57,530 --> 00:38:59,253there were two movie theaters.72700:39:01,032 --> 00:39:03,959There was a Sears store,and in the basement,72800:39:03,960 --> 00:39:05,210Hellmann's grocery store.72900:39:06,470 --> 00:39:08,939I used to get thelist from my mom,73000:39:08,940 --> 00:39:11,553and then I'd walk up hereand get whatever she wanted.73100:39:14,120 --> 00:39:17,409Only downtown hadmore economic activity73200:39:17,410 --> 00:39:19,983than the 63rd andHalsted Street corridor.73300:39:21,740 --> 00:39:25,719It's just been anincredible 50 plus years73400:39:25,720 --> 00:39:28,153of watching whathappens to a community.73500:39:35,370 --> 00:39:37,819If the heatwave happenedwhen I was growing up,73600:39:37,820 --> 00:39:40,373I think the outcome would'vebeen a lot different.73700:39:41,860 --> 00:39:45,109When it got really hot, peoplewould sleep on the back porch73800:39:45,110 --> 00:39:46,293or sleep in the park.73900:39:47,520 --> 00:39:48,993People felt much safer.74000:39:50,050 --> 00:39:51,809I mean,imagine going from feeling like74100:39:51,810 --> 00:39:53,239you can go sleep in the park,74200:39:53,240 --> 00:39:56,040to feeling like you can'teven put a fan in your window.74300:40:02,030 --> 00:40:03,740Yeah, and some ofthis is privately owned74400:40:03,750 --> 00:40:08,750but a lot of this land isowned in fact by the city.74500:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,903Just acres of vacant land.74600:40:16,590 --> 00:40:18,013Acres of potential.74700:40:21,702 --> 00:40:24,952(gentle, solemn music)74800:40:46,570 --> 00:40:49,733Every day I cutbetween 25 to 30 lots.74900:40:50,720 --> 00:40:54,640Rats and mice and people canhide off in these bushes.75000:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,440{\an8}And this type ofneighbourhood over here,75100:40:58,430 --> 00:41:00,483{\an8}they can break outand get a hold of you.75200:41:04,180 --> 00:41:07,199The richer theneighbourhood, the less lots.75300:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,759Like in Pill Hill,there's no lots.75400:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,569Maybe two or three,but over here,75500:41:12,570 --> 00:41:14,533we got maybe about 2,000 lots.75600:41:15,770 --> 00:41:18,539[Judith] Since 2005,the city of Chicago75700:41:18,540 --> 00:41:21,019has spent well over $20 million75800:41:21,020 --> 00:41:23,943on maintaining overgrownand abandoned lots.75900:41:27,360 --> 00:41:28,529I have one question.76000:41:28,530 --> 00:41:31,459What can you imagine themdoing with these empty lots?76100:41:31,460 --> 00:41:33,893Honestly,around my house they rebuild.76200:41:34,920 --> 00:41:36,233Put Section 8s back up.76300:41:37,070 --> 00:41:38,613But that's the bestI could think of.76400:41:39,620 --> 00:41:41,719All right, but I got toget back to work, you all.76500:41:41,720 --> 00:41:42,820Y'all have a nice one.76600:41:47,822 --> 00:41:49,093I see you getting out that way.76700:41:49,118 --> 00:41:50,155(laughing)76800:41:52,307 --> 00:41:53,350All right.76900:42:02,332 --> 00:42:05,415(slow, somber music)77000:42:08,800 --> 00:42:10,919[Judith] Orrin told methat much of the vacant land77100:42:10,920 --> 00:42:13,179on the south and westsides of the city,77200:42:13,180 --> 00:42:15,759and the slow motiondisaster that's unfolding77300:42:15,760 --> 00:42:19,423in those communities, can betraced back to another map.77400:42:20,320 --> 00:42:23,729This one, created by theFederal Housing Administration77500:42:23,730 --> 00:42:24,883in 1940.77600:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,109The neighborhoods whereblack people had settled77700:42:28,110 --> 00:42:31,369were shaded in red,and declared ineligible77800:42:31,370 --> 00:42:34,019for federally-insured loans.77900:42:34,020 --> 00:42:36,349The only way peoplecould buy a home78000:42:36,350 --> 00:42:39,149was through a practicecalled contract buying,78100:42:39,150 --> 00:42:41,249which was essentiallya high risk,78200:42:41,250 --> 00:42:43,351and usurious installment plan.78300:42:43,352 --> 00:42:46,269(person whistling)78400:42:47,360 --> 00:42:49,109[Orrin] Whitespeculators bought homes78500:42:49,110 --> 00:42:51,469and then resold themto black families78600:42:51,470 --> 00:42:53,959for two or threetimes their value.78700:42:53,960 --> 00:42:56,149But the black familydidn't own the house78800:42:56,150 --> 00:42:57,823until they fully paid it off.78900:42:59,610 --> 00:43:02,539If I have you in a contract79000:43:02,540 --> 00:43:05,989and things go along and youget laid off from your job79100:43:05,990 --> 00:43:08,079or you miss a month,you could do it on one month,79200:43:08,080 --> 00:43:10,209or miss two months,then you're outta that house,79300:43:10,210 --> 00:43:13,479I evict you, and then I canrecontract that same house79400:43:13,480 --> 00:43:14,523to another family.79500:43:18,440 --> 00:43:20,719[Orrin] Most people hadto work two or three jobs79600:43:20,720 --> 00:43:21,903to make the payments.79700:43:23,370 --> 00:43:26,410Often, they couldn't affordto maintain the houses79800:43:27,652 --> 00:43:31,226so a lot of those structuresneeded to be torn down.79900:43:32,970 --> 00:43:35,259So when the federalgovernment made it illegal80000:43:35,260 --> 00:43:37,909to give mortgages inthe black communities,80100:43:37,910 --> 00:43:39,369it was a political decision80200:43:39,370 --> 00:43:41,327to disinvest fromthose communities.80300:43:42,410 --> 00:43:44,539You have banksmaking the decision,80400:43:44,540 --> 00:43:46,849your house isn't worthreplacing the windows,80500:43:46,850 --> 00:43:49,468so we're not gonna give you aloan to replace your windows.80600:43:52,420 --> 00:43:54,219We're not gonnagive anyone a loan80700:43:54,220 --> 00:43:56,923to buy your house from you,that's a disinvestment.80800:43:58,370 --> 00:44:00,269We're gonna close thesestores and move them.80900:44:00,270 --> 00:44:01,709And that disinvestment happened81000:44:01,710 --> 00:44:03,410with the changesin manufacturing.81100:44:04,930 --> 00:44:07,803You don't have steel workersin Englewood anymore.81200:44:09,630 --> 00:44:12,733You don't have people working atCampbell Soup factory anymore.81300:44:14,230 --> 00:44:16,529Then what happens is,your community sinks.81400:44:16,530 --> 00:44:17,709It doesn't happen overnight,81500:44:17,710 --> 00:44:22,333but it happens,certainly, at a pace.81600:44:27,060 --> 00:44:28,870[Jeremiah] Come on'round here, Cass.81700:44:28,871 --> 00:44:29,871Come on.81800:44:32,903 --> 00:44:34,398[Colleen] All right, you ready?81900:44:34,399 --> 00:44:35,816[Child] Mm-hmm.82000:44:39,280 --> 00:44:41,839[Judith] Colleen and JeremiahScott were not even born82100:44:41,840 --> 00:44:44,589when the red lines were drawnaround their neighbourhood.82200:44:44,590 --> 00:44:46,803But the repercussionsare all around them.82300:44:49,875 --> 00:44:51,806{\an8}- This is the first one.- This is the first one.82400:44:51,830 --> 00:44:53,164{\an8}- Right here.- It's the first one.82500:44:53,188 --> 00:44:55,107{\an8}- That's the second one.- This is the second one.82600:44:55,131 --> 00:44:56,796{\an8}And then you can justcount 'em as you go.82700:44:57,040 --> 00:44:58,592That's number three.82800:45:01,162 --> 00:45:05,029This is number four, and it'sright next to the school.82900:45:05,054 --> 00:45:07,229If my daughter wasto go to school here,83000:45:07,230 --> 00:45:09,922she would have to walk pastall these abandoned buildings.83100:45:09,923 --> 00:45:12,279- Just to get to school.- Just to get to the school.83200:45:13,675 --> 00:45:15,177- Wait a minute.- This one right here.83300:45:15,201 --> 00:45:16,486Now, did you see that?83400:45:16,510 --> 00:45:20,679This building righthere, come on now,83500:45:20,680 --> 00:45:23,387a school surrounded byabandoned buildings?83600:45:25,437 --> 00:45:27,600That don't make no damn sense.83700:45:28,542 --> 00:45:31,625(slow, somber music)83800:45:43,400 --> 00:45:47,783It's just you don't reallyeven think about it,83900:45:49,002 --> 00:45:52,759or really comprehend it I guess,84000:45:52,760 --> 00:45:56,029until you have to explainit to somebody else.84100:45:56,030 --> 00:45:59,933Then it's like,it's just right in your face.84200:46:02,349 --> 00:46:05,141I was upset aboutthose right there.84300:46:05,159 --> 00:46:08,023Look at that, boarded up.84400:46:09,180 --> 00:46:11,939All, the school is surrounded.84500:46:11,940 --> 00:46:15,029What do you think about whenyou see abandoned property?84600:46:15,030 --> 00:46:18,253It's abandoned,forgot about, left out.84700:46:32,890 --> 00:46:35,419None of this is rocket science.84800:46:35,420 --> 00:46:39,729We all know what it takes tomake a healthy neighbourhood.84900:46:39,730 --> 00:46:42,359It doesn't require you tohave mansions on the street.85000:46:42,360 --> 00:46:44,889It requires you to havethe grocery stores,85100:46:44,890 --> 00:46:47,259the coffee shops,the restaurants,85200:46:47,260 --> 00:46:49,509the beauty parlors,the barbershops.85300:46:49,510 --> 00:46:52,669These are all institutionsthat help make streets safe,85400:46:52,670 --> 00:46:54,839they provide places forpeople to go for help.85500:46:54,840 --> 00:46:57,139They provide places,certainly in the wintertime85600:46:57,140 --> 00:46:59,899and summertime,for cooling and heating.85700:46:59,900 --> 00:47:02,983(slow, somber music)85800:47:10,130 --> 00:47:15,156This map is in a sense,an exemplar or a model85900:47:15,180 --> 00:47:20,099of all of those issuescoming together in one place.86000:47:20,100 --> 00:47:23,553For example, communities thathave no supermarkets in them.86100:47:24,560 --> 00:47:28,769If you map out vacantlots, violent crime rates,86200:47:28,770 --> 00:47:33,770was it diabetes, breastcancer, and on and on and on.86300:47:35,390 --> 00:47:40,099And so, map after map aftermap shows the distribution86400:47:40,100 --> 00:47:43,403of the highest mortality andmorbidity throughout the city.86500:47:46,530 --> 00:47:49,109These are thingshuman beings created.86600:47:49,110 --> 00:47:52,709Let me be really clear,racism is not a disaster,86700:47:52,710 --> 00:47:55,949it's something that humanbeings invented and created86800:47:55,950 --> 00:47:57,489and keep healthy.86900:47:57,490 --> 00:48:00,229Segregation is somethinghuman beings invented,87000:48:00,230 --> 00:48:02,953specific human beingsfor specific purposes.87100:48:03,820 --> 00:48:05,609The health inequities that exist87200:48:05,610 --> 00:48:07,860are not accidents,they're created by people.87300:48:11,590 --> 00:48:14,409[Judith] So the slowmotion disaster in Chicago87400:48:14,410 --> 00:48:17,249was the direct resultof public policies87500:48:17,250 --> 00:48:21,573that effectively divided thecity into haves and have nots.87600:48:22,670 --> 00:48:26,349And it was precisely theselife and death inequalities87700:48:26,350 --> 00:48:29,869that motivated Dr. Whitmanto step down from his post87800:48:29,870 --> 00:48:32,789as the city's chiefepidemiologist,87900:48:32,790 --> 00:48:35,529to lead the SinaiUrban Health Institute.88000:48:35,530 --> 00:48:38,853His goal, to close thehealth disparity gap.88100:48:41,200 --> 00:48:43,219We've done study afterstudy and published it88200:48:43,220 --> 00:48:45,409in all of our mostprestigious journals,88300:48:45,410 --> 00:48:50,099showing not only that blackpeople and other poor people88400:48:50,100 --> 00:48:53,249have much worse health,but in fact that the differences88500:48:53,250 --> 00:48:56,379in health and measures ofhealth are growing worse88600:48:56,380 --> 00:48:59,019everywhere we look in Chicago.88700:48:59,020 --> 00:49:01,087And, the reason that'shappening is because88800:49:01,111 --> 00:49:03,280the rich are getting richer,the poor are getting poorer.88900:49:03,300 --> 00:49:05,079And the poor are notonly getting poorer,89000:49:05,080 --> 00:49:07,889but they're gettingsicker as well.89100:49:07,890 --> 00:49:11,170Life expectancy in the loop,where we're sitting now,89200:49:11,580 --> 00:49:14,709{\an8}is 81 years,and for black communities89300:49:14,734 --> 00:49:17,326{\an8}throughout Chicagoit was 65 years.89400:49:17,649 --> 00:49:21,16316 years differencein life expectancy89500:49:21,520 --> 00:49:24,399and you could walk fromone community to the other.89600:49:24,400 --> 00:49:26,809One of the strongestcorrelates of bad health89700:49:26,810 --> 00:49:28,929for black people,it's been shown over and over89800:49:28,930 --> 00:49:32,119in the literature,is segregation.89900:49:32,120 --> 00:49:34,669We are one of themost segregated cities90000:49:34,670 --> 00:49:35,773in the United States.90100:49:36,610 --> 00:49:40,369If black people in Chicagohad the same death rates90200:49:40,370 --> 00:49:44,649as white people,3,200 fewer black people90300:49:44,650 --> 00:49:47,369in just one yearwould have died.90400:49:47,370 --> 00:49:49,819What number is 3,200 like?90500:49:49,820 --> 00:49:54,307A very prominent number incurrency in this country.90600:49:54,331 --> 00:49:56,708[Woman] Number of people whodied at the World Trade Center.90700:49:56,750 --> 00:49:58,418Thank you very much,the number of people90800:49:58,442 --> 00:50:00,309who died on 9/11.90900:50:00,310 --> 00:50:04,569Now just think aboutour response to 9/11.91000:50:04,570 --> 00:50:08,419Literally billions,even trillions of dollars spent,91100:50:08,420 --> 00:50:12,379and yet, here's 3,000deaths in just one year.91200:50:12,380 --> 00:50:15,65910 years, that's 32,000 deaths,91300:50:15,660 --> 00:50:18,616just from racism inthe city of Chicago.91400:50:18,617 --> 00:50:21,950(plane engines roaring)91500:50:36,122 --> 00:50:37,624[Judith] Watchingthe annual air show91600:50:37,625 --> 00:50:40,229along Chicago'smajestic skyline,91700:50:40,230 --> 00:50:42,369celebrating themilitary daredevils91800:50:42,370 --> 00:50:44,829who are poised to protect us,91900:50:44,830 --> 00:50:47,269I couldn't help butthink about the disparity92000:50:47,270 --> 00:50:48,773Dr. Separate Car Act Festival, Brazil and high-school dropouts on Map and lookup service and View Your current code! 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