Thursday, September 10, 19:00 I Kino Pomorzanin
RETROSPECTIVE: screening of MINDING THE GAP, dir. Bing Liu
Kino Pomorzanin, Gdańska 10
Tickets to screenings in the Pomorzanin are exclusively available online and in the box office of the Orzeł/MCK cinema
One of the oldest movie theaters in Poland, the historic Pomorzanin, which closed over 10 years ago, is now joining the ranks of festival cinemas for a handful of screenings. Located in the heart of Bydgoszcz, the Pomorzanin—over 100 years old!—is undergoing a painstaking restoration. The presence of the festival in this incredible location will significantly support this process.
First-time filmmaker Bing Liu’s documentary Minding the Gap is a coming-of-age saga of three skateboarding friends in their Rust Belt hometown hit hard by decades of recession. In his quest to understand why he and his friends all ran away from home when they were younger, Bing follows 23-year-old Zack as he becomes a father and 17-year-old Keire as he gets his first job. As the film unfolds, Bing is thrust into the middle of Zack’s tumultuous relationship with his girlfriend and Keire’s inner struggles with racial identity and his deceased father. While navigating a complex relationship between his camera and his friends, Bing explores the gap between fathers and sons, between discipline and domestic abuse, and ultimately that precarious chasm between childhood and becoming an adult.
