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).
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Michelle Landis Dauber as Herself
Judith Helfand as Herself
John W. Heltzel as Himself
Colleen Scott as Herself
Geralyn White Dreyfous Executive Producer
Barbara Dobkin Executive Producer
Abigail Disney Executive Producer
Sally Jo Fifer Executive Producer
United States 11 November 2018
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01 September 2019
Two Japanese monkeys, Nobu and Hako, have to put aside their differences to survive in their hostile environment.
28 May 2019
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01 August 2019
A woman has a harrowing encounter in the woods one night with a mysterious craft.
14 December 2019
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06 July 2019
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26 October 2019
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28 August 2019
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16 November 2019
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31 October 2019
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26 March 2019
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30 June 2019
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