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Conversations Between Shifts

Name: Conversations Between Shifts
Director: Ben Basem
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-10-14T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 29 min
Cast: Jeanette Alvarez-Basem, Ben Basem, Carmen Lydia Escobar, Larry Basem

202129mDocumentary

Overview

A portrait of Chicagoland ICU nurse Jeanette Alvarez-Basem captured through the perspective of her son Ben Basem. Between her night shifts and Illinois Nurses Association union meetings, Jeanette navigates what it means to be a nurse and a human during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

#chicago, illinois #family history #labor strike #labor union #cinéma vérité #nursing #accepting death #covid-19 #northwest indiana