The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
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).
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Judith HelfandDirector
Cast
- Michelle Landis DauberHerself
- Judith HelfandHerself
- John W. HeltzelHimself
- Colleen ScottHerself
Stills
Themes
chicago, illinoisnatural disasterclass discriminationheatwaveracial discriminationstructural discrimination