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Minding the Gap

Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.

Series

POV

Premiere Date

February 18, 2019

Length

90 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Awards & Recognition

Winner

2018 Sundance Film Festival - U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking

Winner

2018 International Documentary Association (IDA) - Best Feature

Winner

2018 International Documentary Association (IDA) - Best Editing

Nominee

2019 Academy Awards - Best Documentary Feature

Winner

2018 Peabody Awards - George Foster Peabody Award

Nominee

2019 Primetime Emmy Awards - Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special

Bing, a Chinese American 25-year-old, returns to his hometown and reconnects with two skateboarders: Keire, an African American 17-year-old, and Zack, a white 23-year-old. Bing’s investigation of trauma in their homes culminates in him confronting his own estranged family, and over the next three years, Bing and his friends’ freewheeling lives unravel as they struggle with a rocky transition from adolescence into manhood.

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