Documentary

Conversations Between Shifts

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

October 14, 2021

29m

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.