PHEFF: Program 11

COOKED: SURVIVAL BY ZIP CODE

Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 2:30 pm

Philadelphia Film Center | Main Stage

General Admission $12, Child $5, and Students* $5
*Because student ID is required, student tickets may only be purchased in-person.

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COOKED: SURVIVAL BY ZIP CODE

JUDITH HELFAND | US | 2018 | 76 MIN | G

PA Premiere
In July 1995, Chicago was hit by a record heat wave that claimed the lives of 739 residents, primarily elderly African Americans and those living in poverty. Using this tragedy as a jumping-off point, and referencing other extreme weather catastrophes like Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, COOKED offers a compelling case that the extreme inequity in economically disadvantaged communities should be addressed preventatively with the same attention and resources provided for natural disasters.

This provocative film reframes the politics of disaster.

Film followed by a panel discussion moderated by Alex Geisinger, an environmental lawyer and law professor who has worked in the field of environmental justice for over two decades, with Director Judith Helfand, Ebony Griffin, environmental justice attorney with the Public Interest Law Center, and James Crowder, a Senior Associate at PolicyLink.

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SHORTS INCLUDED IN PROGRAM 11

 

NOW YOU SEE IT

REBECCA MANLEY | UK | 2018 | 3 MIN

Animated short about environmental damage, featuring the voice of Ewan McGregor.

 

DIGNITY AT A MONUMENTAL SCALE

KELLY WHALEN | USA | 2018 | 8 MIN

With his images of everyday Navajo life across the Four Corners region, a primary care physician and artist creates murals that allow community members to see themselves represented at monumental scales, while his installations off the reservation help showcase their struggles — and their resilience — to the world at large.