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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.

Director

Bing Liu

Year

Genre

documentary, sport

Box Office

$11,998

Production

ITVS,Kartemquin Films,P.O.V./American Documentary

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 59 wins & 54 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.mindingthegapfilm.com

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He said, like, being black is cool - Minding the Gap

He said, like, being black is cool

[stammers] There's like-- they probably
feel a little shitty for... for profiling you. - Minding the Gap

[stammers] There's like-- they probably feel a little s...

I was the only--
the only white kid for, like four years, - Minding the Gap

I was the only-- the only white kid for, like four years,

So, I had to learn real quick that like,
"Oh, shit, I'm in trouble." - Minding the Gap

So, I had to learn real quick that like, "Oh, shit, I&#...

In reality, you don't have like,
as much say because you are white. - Minding the Gap

In reality, you don't have like, as much say because yo...

You're educated 'cause you went through
just as much as high school as him? - Minding the Gap

You're educated 'cause you went through just as mu...

Even though, your race didn't
go through the same thing as his did. - Minding the Gap

Even though, your race didn't go through the same thing...

[man] There's a certain class
of whites that's not-- - Minding the Gap

[man] There's a certain class of whites that's not...

Like you still...
like you can fuckin' just cut your hair - Minding the Gap

Like you still... like you can fuckin' just cut your ha...

[Keire] When I was younger, - Minding the Gap

[Keire] When I was younger,

But I remember, he was like,
if you could choose again, - Minding the Gap

But I remember, he was like, if you could choose again,

And at first, I didn't get it.
I was, like, - Minding the Gap

And at first, I didn't get it. I was, like,

Because we have to deal
with these issues, - Minding the Gap

Because we have to deal with these issues,

Other things that, like, my white friends
would complain about, - Minding the Gap

Other things that, like, my white friends would complain abo...

[Joseph] My father's skatepark went under
because of a downfall in skateboarding. - Minding the Gap

[Joseph] My father's skatepark went under because of a ...

Mine didn't succeed because I got
hooked up with a bad partner. - Minding the Gap

Mine didn't succeed because I got hooked up with a bad ...

One day, he calls me and he's like,
hey, I'm going to go on a vacation. - Minding the Gap

One day, he calls me and he's like, hey, I'm going...

All the money we were making,
everything, he just was keeping it. - Minding the Gap

All the money we were making, everything, he just was keepin...

I mean, I've-- I've never-- - Minding the Gap

I mean, I've-- I've never--

Clearly, I mean...
Do you even want to be here? No. - Minding the Gap

Clearly, I mean... Do you even want to be here? No.

All right.
Let's get out of this fucking place. - Minding the Gap

All right. Let's get out of this fucking place.

I was just like,
"Oh, he didn't finish school." - Minding the Gap

I was just like, "Oh, he didn't finish school.&quo...

Yeah, but, like, now, like,
I see them now, I'm, like, "Fuck!" - Minding the Gap

Yeah, but, like, now, like, I see them now, I'm, like, ...

[Keire] When I was younger, everybody just
seemed like they had it all figured out. - Minding the Gap

[Keire] When I was younger, everybody just seemed like they ...

You know like... which was the dumbest thing
that I could have ever told myself. - Minding the Gap

You know like... which was the dumbest thing that I could ha...

What kind of filming are we doing?
The kind where I pretend you are not there - Minding the Gap

What kind of filming are we doing? The kind where I pretend ...

Oh, I didn't plan on
moving here at all, like. - Minding the Gap

Oh, I didn't plan on moving here at all, like.

She bought me a plane ticket.
Got me, like $180 Uber - Minding the Gap

She bought me a plane ticket. Got me, like $180 Uber

You know, not picky.
I was like, "All right." - Minding the Gap

You know, not picky. I was like, "All right."

-Yeah.
-There's liquor in this cup. - Minding the Gap

-Yeah. -There's liquor in this cup.

-[Nina] So, west, fifth street.
-[seatbelt alarm beeping] - Minding the Gap

-[Nina] So, west, fifth street. -[seatbelt alarm beeping]

[Elliot mumbling] - Minding the Gap

[Elliot mumbling]

Zack told me that he was going
to Colorado, but, um... - Minding the Gap

Zack told me that he was going to Colorado, but, um...

Then he wound up calling me
while he was there, like, - Minding the Gap

Then he wound up calling me while he was there, like,

[inaudible chatter] - Minding the Gap

[inaudible chatter]

[Zack] When he does get stable,
he's gonna wanna be with Elliot again. - Minding the Gap

[Zack] When he does get stable, he's gonna wanna be wit...

And he's gonna wanna be a family
becase that's what he tells me. - Minding the Gap

And he's gonna wanna be a family becase that's wha...

[explosive sounds] - Minding the Gap

[explosive sounds]

[Keire] It's hard to get
who Zack actually is - Minding the Gap

[Keire] It's hard to get who Zack actually is

You're supposed to be, like, my homie,
but I feel like I don't know the real you. - Minding the Gap

You're supposed to be, like, my homie, but I feel like ...

[Nina gasps] You spilled juice
all over your pants. - Minding the Gap

[Nina gasps] You spilled juice all over your pants.

I figure that if I'm gonna go do this
at the courthouse, - Minding the Gap

I figure that if I'm gonna go do this at the courthouse...

He needs to know
that there's consequences, - Minding the Gap

He needs to know that there's consequences,

Life doesn't work like that
and he needs a reality check - Minding the Gap

Life doesn't work like that and he needs a reality chec...

I'm here to try and start the process
of child support. - Minding the Gap

I'm here to try and start the process of child support.

[Nina] Maybe that'll also encourage him
to wanna come around more. - Minding the Gap

[Nina] Maybe that'll also encourage him to wanna come a...

Look how much fun jumping is, um, - Minding the Gap

Look how much fun jumping is, um,

[Bing] Are you still with...
Are you still with your boyfriend? - Minding the Gap

[Bing] Are you still with... Are you still with your boyfrie...

No, he's not around anymore. - Minding the Gap

No, he's not around anymore.

[playing sounds] - Minding the Gap

[playing sounds]

I feel like there is a part of me
that really loves my family. - Minding the Gap

I feel like there is a part of me that really loves my famil...

All right, all right, calm down. Just ca-- - Minding the Gap

All right, all right, calm down. Just ca--

I felt like a lot of the people
that were down there, - Minding the Gap

I felt like a lot of the people that were down there,

So, Sam, my current girlfriend
flew me back out to Rockford. - Minding the Gap

So, Sam, my current girlfriend flew me back out to Rockford.

[Bing] Do you feel, like, concerned - Minding the Gap

[Bing] Do you feel, like, concerned

And, as he gets older, - Minding the Gap

And, as he gets older,

"I'm gonna play football,
and I'm gonna go to college, - Minding the Gap

"I'm gonna play football, and I'm gonna go to...

Like, just 'cause you're too fucking
weak to make your own decisions - Minding the Gap

Like, just 'cause you're too fucking weak to make ...

[continues chuckling] - Minding the Gap

[continues chuckling]

And, uh, my stepdad used to
beat the shit out of me and my mom. - Minding the Gap

And, uh, my stepdad used to beat the shit out of me and my m...

-Right.
-And, so, I don't know how I-- - Minding the Gap

-Right. -And, so, I don't know how I--

You want, you want me
to comment on your direction? - Minding the Gap

You want, you want me to comment on your direction?

Like you-- Some-- some people
do take their negative experiences - Minding the Gap

Like you-- Some-- some people do take their negative experie...

I just don't think
I'm that type of person. I think I've... - Minding the Gap

I just don't think I'm that type of person. I thin...

So depressed that I just, I wanted it
to just get as bad as it could, - Minding the Gap

So depressed that I just, I wanted it to just get as bad as ...

[singing] - Minding the Gap

♪ I want you to be mine again
Actually ♪ - Minding the Gap

♪ I want you to be mine again Actually ♪

[Keire] It's like this place
just like eats away at you. - Minding the Gap

[Keire] It's like this place just like eats away at you...

I don't know. I just don't wanna
get trapped here and lockered - Minding the Gap

I don't know. I just don't wanna get trapped here ...

[rap music playing on the stereo] - Minding the Gap

[rap music playing on the stereo]

If-- if I ever to told my dad
what my brother did to me, - Minding the Gap

If-- if I ever to told my dad what my brother did to me,

I think, I, like, stole something
or something, I was like little. - Minding the Gap

I think, I, like, stole something or something, I was like l...

But it definitely made me
never steal, like... - Minding the Gap

But it definitely made me never steal, like...

Stealing sucks
because it gets your ass beat - Minding the Gap

Stealing sucks because it gets your ass beat

Afterwards, after my ass stopped stinging, - Minding the Gap

Afterwards, after my ass stopped stinging,

He totally just explained to me.
It was just how he was raised. - Minding the Gap

He totally just explained to me. It was just how he was rais...

I know that he loved me
like, that's why he was so hard on me. - Minding the Gap

I know that he loved me like, that's why he was so hard...

I'm making this film because I was... - Minding the Gap

I'm making this film because I was...

Physically disciplined by my step father - Minding the Gap

Physically disciplined by my step father

[Bing] So, this might be a weird question, - Minding the Gap

[Bing] So, this might be a weird question,

Do you think Zack is
capable of hitting a woman? - Minding the Gap

Do you think Zack is capable of hitting a woman?

Maybe if he's drunk enough,
and, like, she's, like, hitting him, - Minding the Gap

Maybe if he's drunk enough, and, like, she's, like...

Like, just fucking strike a woman.
Like, I don't think he'd ever do that. - Minding the Gap

Like, just fucking strike a woman. Like, I don't think ...

You know what I mean that?
Not... not as a teenager. It never got... - Minding the Gap

You know what I mean that? Not... not as a teenager. It neve...

I mean, shit, I've called the cops on
fuckin' Nina, on my baby mama before. - Minding the Gap

I mean, shit, I've called the cops on fuckin' Nina...

She just fuckin' loses her damn shit. - Minding the Gap

She just fuckin' loses her damn shit.

And she won't shut the fuck up - Minding the Gap

And she won't shut the fuck up

[exhales] - Minding the Gap

But if a fuckin' woman, - Minding the Gap

But if a fuckin' woman,

But some bitches need to get slapped
sometimes, does that make sense? - Minding the Gap

But some bitches need to get slapped sometimes, does that ma...

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Bing Liu

Writer: N/A

Production: ITVS,Kartemquin Films,P.O.V./American Documentary

Genre: documentary, sport

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 90/100

ImdbRating: 8.1

BoxOffice: $11,998

Released: 17 Aug 2018

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 59 wins & 54 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.mindingthegapfilm.com

Also watch: Of Fathers and Sons, Tread, The Year of Living Dangerously, Class Action Park, Hoop Dreams, Ginger & Rosa, The Biggest Little Farm, Racer and the Jailbird, Three Identical Strangers, My Scientology Movie, Early Man, The Night Comes for Us