Judith Helfand/2018/75 min/Historical Perspectives, Social Justice, Climate Change
FILM DESCRIPTION: Chicago suffered the worst heat disaster in U.S history in 1995, when 739 residents – mostly elderly and black – died over the course of one week. As “Cooked” links the heat wave’s devastation back to the underlying manmade disaster of structural racism, it delves deeply into one of our nation’s biggest growth industries: Disaster Preparedness. Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand uses her signature serious-yet-quirky-style as interlocutor and narrator to forge inextricable connections between the cataclysmic natural disasters we’re willing to see and prepare for, and the slow-motion disasters we’re not.
Sunday, March 8, 2 to 5 p.m. [Lake County]
St. Joseph Catholic Church, 121 E. Maple Ave.
Koenig Center, Libertyville
Stay for post-film dialogue with Robert Perez of Brad Schneider's office, who will address legislation concerns as well as leaders of environmental groups in Waukegan/North Chicago, who will address their experiences. Learn about solutions-based action opportunities from Lake County Audubon, Lake-to-Prairie Wild Ones, Lake County Sierra Club, Citizens Climate Lobby, Faith in Place, Lake County Green Congregation and HeroPower. Burr Oak saplings will be given to the first 25 attendees. Facilitator: Louise Przywara, St. Joseph Church. Refreshments will be available.
Doors open 30 minutes before start time. Arrive early to avoid lines and get best seats. ADA compliant accessible venue. Teens and young adults encouraged to attend. "PG-13" May contain heavy themes, graphic images or language.