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InJuly1995,aheatwaveovertookChicago:highhumidityandalayerofheat-retainingpollutiondrovetheheatindexuptomorethan126degrees.Cityroadsbuckled,railswarped,electricgridsfailed,thousandsbecameillandpeoplebegantodie—bythehundreds.Cookedtellsthestoryofthisheatwave,themosttraumaticinU.S.history,inwhich739Chicagocitizensdiedinasingleweek,mostofthempoor,elderly,andAfricanAmerican.Balancingseriousandsomberwithherrespectful,albeitironicandandsignaturequirklystyle,Peabodyaward-winningfilmmakerJudithHelfandexploresthisdramathat,whenpeeledaway,revealsthelessnewsworthybutlong-termcrisisofperniciouspoverty,economic,andsocialisolationandracism.Cookedisastoryaboutlife,death,andthepoliticsofcrisisinanAmericancity.