Minding The Gap

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First-time filmmaker Bing Liu’s documentary MINDING THE GAP, winner of 32 festival awards since its World Premiere at Sundance, is a coming-of-age saga of three skateboarding friends in their Rust Belt hometown hit hard by decades of recession. To understand why he and his friends all ran away from home when they were younger, Bing follows 23-year-old Zack as he becomes a father and 17-year-old Keire as he gets his first job. As the film unfolds, Bing is thrust into the middle of Zack’s tumultuous relationship with his girlfriend and Keire’s inner struggles with racial identity and his deceased father. While navigating a complex relationship between his camera and his friends, Bing explores the gap between fathers and sons, discipline and domestic abuse, and that precarious chasm between childhood and becoming an adult.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Sundance Film Festival 2018
CPH:DOX 2018
RiverRun International Film Festival 2018
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018
Hot Docs 2018

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Bing Liu grew up making skateboarding videos with his friends. He began working in film while attaining a BA in literature from the University of Illinois. He is a member of the International Cinematographer’s Guild and is a segment director on America To Me, a Participant Media and Kartemquin Films produced mini-series directed by Steve James.