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Conversations Between Shifts

Logline:

Conversations Between Shifts is 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.

Synopsis:

Conversations Between Shifts chronicles the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of a nurse and her son.

Credits

Producer:
Eden Strachan

Director:
Ben Basem 

Writer:
Ben Basem 

Director of Photography:
Ben Basem 

Editor:
Yeshim Kayim-Yanko, Thomas Gonzalez, Will Hopper

Lead Actor(s):
Jeanette Alvarez-Basem