Minding the Gap

Friday, January 25 - Thursday, February 7, 2019

Bing Liu films his friends Zack and Keire over a decade, capturing their skateboarding antics against the backdrop of their faded, blue-collar Illinois hometown. For all three, the community formed via skateboarding has offered refuge from volatile home lives. As they face the increasing responsibilities and complexity of adulthood, these young men also must confront and counter the destructive legacy left by their fraught relationships with their fathers.

• Country USA
• Running Time 93 minutes
• Distributor Magnolia
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• Director Bing Liu
• Editor Bing Liu, Joshua Altman
• Cinematographer Bing Liu

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