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Bevel Up : Chapter 4 - Becky & Liz  Cover Image E-video E-video

Bevel Up : Chapter 4 - Becky & Liz / directed by: Nettie Wild ; produced by: Julie Huguet, André Picard ; production agencies: British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. Street Nurse Program (Vancouver), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal).

Summary:

Street nurses Caroline Brunt and Sarah Levine find a homeless mother and daughter under a truck. Becky is seriously ill from an injection-related infection and is withdrawing from heroin. Her daughter, Liz, is pregnant and using "rock" cocaine. The nurses struggle to find them housing for the night as they negotiate with Becky to get health care and address her need for drugs.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video (18 min., 58 sec.) : sound
  • Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2019.

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:
No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director, Nettie Wild ; producer, Julie Huguet, André Picard.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded 2019.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-03-01).
Subject: Drug addicts.
Drug addiction.
Nurse and patient.
Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.)
Genre: Documentary films.


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