A searing yet quirky investigation into the “natural” disasters
we’re willing to see and prepare for and the unnatural ones we’re not.
COOKED is adapted from Eric Klinenberg's ground-breaking book
HEAT WAVE: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago.
COOKED: Survival by Zip Code is a co-production of
Judith Helfand Productions and Kartemquin Films
made in association with:
Ford Foundation | Just Films
The Center for Independent Documentary
Major Funding Was Provided by:
Independent Television Service (ITVS)
Dobkin Family Foundation
Leo S. Guthman Fund
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Fledgling Fund
Dorot Foundation
Fork Films
and Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program
with support from
Open Society Foundations
Just Films | Ford Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
and many generous others, much gratitude