Minding the Gap

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Minding the Gap gives us an intimate look into friendships initiated via a passion for skateboarding and cemented by shared experience. The resulting bonds are as strong as any between members of a conventional family. This captivating coming-of-age story tackles topics like domestic violence, relationships and masculinity, all while its three central subjects approach adulthood. Minding the Gap is a compelling story that is relatable across age, class and race.

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This documentary chronicles the lives of the filmmaker's friends from a small town outside Chicago. Bing artfully compiles clips from their early teens up to the present day, following each of them through every step of their lives. We see them grow into young adults, grappling with what it means to be men in present-day America.

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Zack, a subject of the film and Bing's friend, explains the power of this project: "Some people do take their negative experiences and turn them into powerful, positive things." This film does exactly that. It gives people a space to talk openly about their experiences. And Keire, another subject and friend of Bing's, dives into one of the main topics of the film when he says to Bing, "I get mad at skateboarding, like, a lot, but at the end of the day I love it so much that I can't stay mad at it."

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