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"49100:25:46,140 --> 00:25:48,019{\an8}And that was the point ofdoing a social autopsy,49200:25:48,468 --> 00:25:51,680to study this caseof catastrophic death49300:25:51,714 --> 00:25:53,919in order to betterprotect the lives49400:25:53,944 --> 00:25:57,817of people in Chicago and thenpeople in cities everywhere.49500:26:00,460 --> 00:26:02,119[Judith] Whileresearching his book,49600:26:02,120 --> 00:26:04,379Eric Klinenberg discoveredthat Cook County49700:26:04,380 --> 00:26:06,689had collected thepersonal effects49800:26:06,690 --> 00:26:07,950of the unclaimed heat victims.49900:26:07,951 --> 00:26:08,941Thanks.50000:26:11,449 --> 00:26:13,655[Judith] Their thingsare now kept in boxes50100:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,923in a sprawling storagefacility and auction house.50200:26:20,010 --> 00:26:21,749One of the thingsthat was so devastating50300:26:21,750 --> 00:26:23,459about the heat waveis, not just simply50400:26:23,460 --> 00:26:26,519that so many people died,it's the way that they died,50500:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,183alone and isolated.50600:26:32,290 --> 00:26:36,063There's a small desk,and a chair, a little rug,50700:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,793a very small bed,I don't see any windows.50800:26:41,660 --> 00:26:43,423You can tell it'sa very tiny room.50900:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,960I remember this file, EmilioAguirre, awarded a Bronze Star.51000:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,719He served for almost twoyears in World War II51100:26:54,720 --> 00:26:55,620and was a private.51200:26:56,600 --> 00:27:01,600And look at this contrastof the decorated war veteran51300:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,163and the 85-year-oldsenior citizen.51400:27:06,810 --> 00:27:09,749It reminds us howeasy it is in some way51500:27:09,750 --> 00:27:13,357to fall through thecracks and go from being51600:27:13,358 --> 00:27:17,419an honored soldier,or a close relative,51700:27:17,420 --> 00:27:20,959to being someone whois discovered alone51800:27:20,960 --> 00:27:22,233on a hot summer day.51900:27:24,330 --> 00:27:27,623But this box and these filesare full of stories like this.52000:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,909[Judith] When it came timefor Mayor Daley and his team52100:27:35,910 --> 00:27:39,763to take the life and deathlessons from the 1995 heat wave,52200:27:39,788 --> 00:27:42,499they didn't concernthemselves with human stories52300:27:42,510 --> 00:27:44,389or data-driven maps.52400:27:44,390 --> 00:27:48,149Instead,they created a task force.52500:27:48,150 --> 00:27:49,699No one everappoints a task force52600:27:49,700 --> 00:27:51,399to find out what's going on.52700:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,339They always appointthe task force52800:27:53,340 --> 00:27:55,519to make the problem go away.52900:27:55,520 --> 00:27:59,029And the problem in this casemight be seen as the heat,53000:27:59,030 --> 00:28:00,636but you didn't haveto make that go53100:28:00,660 --> 00:28:02,149away 'cause thatwas already gone.53200:28:02,150 --> 00:28:03,339So what would the problem be?53300:28:03,340 --> 00:28:05,023Well, it would be allthe people who were53400:28:05,047 --> 00:28:06,607asking all thesetroublesome questions.53500:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,829[Judith] Along withmeteorologist Paul Dailey,53600:28:09,830 --> 00:28:13,029no relation to the mayor,the extreme weather task force53700:28:13,030 --> 00:28:16,199included a detective,a gerontologist,53800:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,469and the Deputy Commissionerof Public Health53900:28:18,470 --> 00:28:19,923for the city of Chicago.54000:28:22,410 --> 00:28:24,766{\an8}The commission was setup to try to figure out54100:28:24,791 --> 00:28:28,336{\an8}what went wrong,why so many people were killed54200:28:28,350 --> 00:28:31,683{\an8}in the 1995 heatwave, and whatcan they do to correct it.54300:28:32,500 --> 00:28:34,959And they're still using thenumbers that I put together54400:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,245for the warnings.54500:28:37,060 --> 00:28:39,639So the warning goes out,the city jumps into their54600:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,109they do their thing,which is contacting people,54700:28:42,110 --> 00:28:43,577making sure everybody's set up,54800:28:43,602 --> 00:28:46,475the cooling centers are setup, everything like that.54900:28:48,110 --> 00:28:50,913There was a final bookletput out from the commission.55000:28:52,319 --> 00:28:53,732[Judith] Let's see the cover.55100:28:55,390 --> 00:28:59,749Now, my only question is,the snowflake and the sun,55200:28:59,750 --> 00:29:05,495doesn't seem as scaryas 739 people dying.55300:29:05,790 --> 00:29:09,127What he wanted to do was tryto cover everything in this.55400:29:09,140 --> 00:29:12,772Whether it's hot in the summeror heavy snow in the winter.55500:29:12,797 --> 00:29:15,047[Judith] What if youput a picture of all those55600:29:15,050 --> 00:29:16,85918-wheel refrigerated trucks?55700:29:16,860 --> 00:29:17,903Oh yeah, (laughing)55800:29:17,927 --> 00:29:19,637- they don't- Now, that's pretty extreme.55900:29:19,679 --> 00:29:21,752Yeah, they don't wannado that though, you know.56000:29:22,987 --> 00:29:24,642They don't wannaremind people of it.56100:29:24,650 --> 00:29:26,119They want people to remember,56200:29:26,120 --> 00:29:29,083but they don't wanna remind'em of it, in so many words.56300:29:30,170 --> 00:29:33,789So, remember,but let's not keep throwing it56400:29:33,790 --> 00:29:35,604in front of their faces.56500:29:35,605 --> 00:29:39,059(slow, somber music)56600:29:39,060 --> 00:29:41,468[Judith] I could seehow a refrigerated truck56700:29:41,493 --> 00:29:44,746filled with poor,deceased city residents56800:29:44,750 --> 00:29:46,519was not exactly an image Chicago56900:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,663would want to be remindedof, or remembered for.57000:29:51,170 --> 00:29:54,519But the sunbeams andsnowflakes effectively reduced57100:29:54,520 --> 00:29:59,083the tragic loss of life in 1995to an extreme weather event.57200:30:00,710 --> 00:30:02,421When the mayororganized a commission to57300:30:02,445 --> 00:30:04,859study the heatwaveand release a report,57400:30:04,860 --> 00:30:07,829it said things like,"every neighbourhood in Chicago57500:30:07,830 --> 00:30:09,809was affected by the heatwave. During the crisis, Mayor Richard M. Daley tried to lay the blame for high mortality rates on black families, saying they should take better care of their elders and check in with them more. Films he has produced, directed or edited have garnered three national Emmys, a pair of Peabody awards, two DuPont-Columbia batons, an Oscar nomination, a Sundance jury award and best in category at countless festivals. Life expectancy is lowest in the city. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); A collaboration between Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change MPH, F.A.C.P. For more information contact: mela.ace.ej@gmail.com, Manhattan JCC - Manhattan JCC - New York City, NY - September 24, Utah Film Center - Salt Lake City, UT - September 17, Director/producer Judith Helfand in-person, Gene Siskel Film Center - Chicago, IL - September 13-19, The Wilmette Theatre - Wilmette, IL - August 15-21, Producer Fenell Doremus in-person at August 15 screening, One Take Documentary at The Little Theatre - Rochester, NY - August 13, 17, Director/producer Judith Helfand in-person on August 13, Traverse City Film Festival - Traverse City, MI - August 1. David E. Simpson is a documentary filmmaker with three decades of experience. In America, zip code is more important than genetic code and some people and communities have the wrong complexion for protection.' is a story about life, death, and the politics of crisis in an American city that asks the question: Was this a one-time tragedy, or an appalling trend. October 8: Revisioning Recovery - Accountability in Documenting Disaster, multi-filmmakerpanel discussion. She is currently producing END OF LOVE, a story about the dangerous intersection of technology, adolescence and porn. Helfand says, [O]ne thing was pretty clear: disaster preparedness is a luxury. Do you really think its about the heat? Helfand asks Geraldine Flowers, Church Elder, Sweet Holy Baptist Church. 2023 Common Reader. Harlem Street Singerpremiered at DOC NYC in 2013 and was released theatrically in 2014. Thats the headline. His previous collection wasPirates You Dont Know, and Other Adventures in the Examined Life. In Highland Park, MI an unelected, state-appointed Emergency Financial, Filmmakers Judith Helfand and Daniel B. "40800:21:19,470 --> 00:21:22,009And so never would the word heat40900:21:22,010 --> 00:21:24,699appear anywhere onthe death certificate.41000:21:24,700 --> 00:21:27,061[Judith] So are yousuggesting that there were41100:21:27,085 --> 00:21:29,179actually more deathsthan are accounted for?41200:21:29,180 --> 00:21:30,569Oh yes.41300:21:30,570 --> 00:21:33,470I couldn't see how the numberwouldn't be bigger than 525.41400:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,219So we added up thetotal number of people41500:21:38,220 --> 00:21:42,089who died during July,and we subtracted this baseline41600:21:42,090 --> 00:21:45,069of the expected numberof deaths per day,41700:21:45,070 --> 00:21:48,453and the numbercame out to be 726,41800:21:50,490 --> 00:21:55,419And so, they're arguing aboutwhether 525 was too big,41900:21:55,420 --> 00:21:58,737and I now am saying,"It's much too small. on September 22, 2020. 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