
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).
Crew
Judith Helfand
Director
Eric Klinenberg
Book
David E. Simpson
Editor
Tod Lending
Cinematography

Geralyn White Dreyfous
Executive Producer
Julie Parker Benello
Executive Producer
Sally Jo Fifer
Executive Producer
Lois Vossen
Executive Producer

Abigail Disney
Executive Producer
Barbara Dobkin
Executive Producer
Sandra Itkoff
Executive Producer
Justine Nagan
Executive Producer
Gordon Quinn
Executive Producer
Fenell Doremus
Producer
Daniel Nissenbaum
Music

Bonni Cohen
Consulting Producer
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