CHICAGO – The Steppenwolf Theatre of Chicago continues to provide different viewpoints on the American stage, and their latest “Little Bear Ridge Road” is no exception. Featuring ensemble member Laurie Metcalf, it’s the resonate story of a family at the crossroads. For tickets/details, click LITTLE BEAR.
Economic Disparity
Podtalk: Judith Helfand on 'Cooked: Survival by Zip Code,' in Chicago Thru July 25, 2019
Submitted by PatrickMcD on July 15, 2019 - 2:16pm- 1995
- Chicago
- Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
- Economic Disparity
- Englewood
- Eric Klinenberg
- Gene Siskel Film Center
- Heat Wave
- Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Interview
- Judith Helfand
- Kartemquin Films
- Katrina
- Patrick McDonald
- Podcast
- Podtalk
- Refrigerated Trucks
CHICAGO – In the Summer of 1995, there was extreme heat in the City of Chicago for seven days, with temperatures soaring over 100 degrees with high humidity. It hit the area like a tsunami, and left power outages and and an exposure of inadequate emergency responses in its wake. The death toll from the heat, when all the analysis was done, soared to 739 people. Director Judith Helfand chronicles that event, and events like it, in her new film, “Cooked: Survival by Zip Code.”
