Minding the Gap
This extraordinary debut from documentarian Bing Liu weaves a story of skateboarding, friendship, and fathers and sons into a coming-of-age journey of courageous vulnerability. Over the course of several years and with his camera always at the ready, Liu records the rocky paths into adulthood of Keire and Zack, two friends from his own skateboarding community in Rockford, Illinois. As he does so, deeper parallels emerge that ultimately draw the filmmaker into a heartrending confrontation with his own past. With images of exhilarating poetry and a keen emotional sensitivity, Minding the Gap is a powerfully cathartic portrait of fledgling lives forged in trauma and fighting to break free.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New high-definition digital master, approved by director Bing Liu, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Two new audio commentaries, one featuring Liu and the other featuring Liu and documentary subjects Keire Johnson and Zack Mulligan
- New follow-up conversation between Liu and documentary subject Nina Bowgren
- New programs featuring interviews with professional skateboarder Tony Hawk and with Liu, executive producer Gordon Quinn, and producer Diane Quon
- Four outtake scenes, with introductions by Liu
- Nước (2010), a short film by Liu about two Vietnamese immigrants growing up American
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Jay Caspian Kang
New cover by Katherine Lam
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New high-definition digital master, approved by director Bing Liu, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Two new audio commentaries, one featuring Liu and the other featuring Liu and documentary subjects Keire Johnson and Zack Mulligan
- New follow-up conversation between Liu and documentary subject Nina Bowgren
- New programs featuring interviews with professional skateboarder Tony Hawk and with Liu, executive producer Gordon Quinn, and producer Diane Quon
- Four outtake scenes, with introductions by Liu
- Nước (2010), a short film by Liu about two Vietnamese immigrants growing up American
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Jay Caspian Kang
New cover by Katherine Lam
Cast
- Zack Mulligan
- Keire Johnson
- Bing Liu
- Nina, Zack’s girlfriend
- Kyle, Zack’s roommate
- Roberta, Keire’s mother
- Eric, skateboard-shop owner
- Vickie, Nina’s aunt
- Kent, Bing’s brother
- Mengyue, Bing’s mother
Credits
- Director
- Bing Liu
- Producer
- Diane Quon
- Producer
- Bing Liu
- Editor
- Joshua Altman
- Editor
- Bing Liu
- Executive producer
- Sally Jo Fifer
- Executive producer
- Justine Nagan
- Executive producer
- Chris White
- Executive producer
- Gordon Quinn
- Executive producer
- Steve James
- Executive producer
- Betsy Steinberg
- Cinematography
- Bing Liu
- Original music by
- Nathan Halpern
- Original music by
- Chris Ruggiero
- Supervising producer for ITVS
- Michael Kinomoto
- Director of communications and distribution for Kartemquin Films
- Tim Horsburgh
- Postproduction supervisor
- Ryan Gleeson
- Dialogue editor
- Erik Reimers
- Sound design
- Bijan Sharifi
- Sound mixer
- James LeBrecht
- Motion graphics artist
- Jesse Kerman
- Colorist
- Tyler Roth
Trailer for Minding the Gap
