<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;This week on TIFF Long Take, Rob sits down with documentarian Bing Liu. Liu’s debut feature film,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Minding the Gap&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;, tells the story of three young men (including Liu) in Rockford Illinois, who use skateboarding as a way to cope with their traumatic home lives. The film, which topped several&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/movies/best-movies.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; best of 2018 lists&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;, will be playing as part of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.tiff.net/films/minding-the-gap/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;TIFF Next Wave&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Liu discusses how he used skateboarding as a gateway to making his own films, the different iterations of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Minding the Gap&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;, and why he decided to insert his own backstory into the film’s narrative.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;He also talks about how a documentarian knows when their film is done, how he ethically approached making a film about domestic abuse, and his relationship with legendary documentarian Steve James.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

TIFF Long Take

TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)

Ep. 101: Bing Liu on the Making of ‘Minding the Gap’

JAN 22, 201931 MIN
TIFF Long Take

Ep. 101: Bing Liu on the Making of ‘Minding the Gap’

JAN 22, 201931 MIN

Description

This week on TIFF Long Take, Rob sits down with documentarian Bing Liu. Liu’s debut feature film, Minding the Gap, tells the story of three young men (including Liu) in Rockford Illinois, who use skateboarding as a way to cope with their traumatic home lives. The film, which topped several best of 2018 lists, will be playing as part of TIFF Next Wave.

Liu discusses how he used skateboarding as a gateway to making his own films, the different iterations of Minding the Gap, and why he decided to insert his own backstory into the film’s narrative.

He also talks about how a documentarian knows when their film is done, how he ethically approached making a film about domestic abuse, and his relationship with legendary documentarian Steve James.