Synopsis
A coming-of-age saga of three skateboarding friends in their Rust Belt hometown hit hard by decades of recession. In his quest 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 tumultous 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, between discipline and domestic abuse, and ultimately that precarious chasm between childhood and becoming an adult.
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Movie Details
United Kingdom Releases: | March 22nd, 2019 (Limited), released as Minding The Gap |
Video Release: | August 17th, 2018 by Hulu |
MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
Running Time: | 93 minutes |
Keywords: | Coming of Age, Skateboarding, Dysfunctional Family, Child Abuse, Addiction, Step-Family, Set in Illinois, Directing Yourself, African Americans, Asian-Americans, Teen Pregnancy, Sundance Film Festival 2018 |
Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
Genre: | Documentary |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Factual |
Production/Financing Companies: | Kartemquin Films, American Documentary, POV, ITVS, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, Open Society Foundations, Just Films, Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Film Independent, CCT Tiden Cummings Fund, Garrett Scott Development Grant |
Production Countries: | United States |
Languages: | English |