Filmmaker Judith Helfand's searing investigation into the politics of “disaster” – by way of the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave, in which 739 residents perished (mostly Black and living in the city’s poorest neighborhoods).
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- Kartemquin Films, Judith Helfand Productions
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Michelle Landis Dauber as Herself
Judith Helfand as Herself
John W. Heltzel as Himself
Colleen Scott as Herself
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Judith Helfand · Director
Eric Klinenberg · Book
David E. Simpson · Editor
David Cohen · Editor
Fenell Doremus · Producer
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