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In 'Minding The Gap' Skaters Explore Modern Masculinity

Bing Liu documented skaters in his hometown of Rockford, Illinois for more than a decade. Through the years, that footage became a complex documentation of youth culture featuring two young men who open up about the pressures of adulthood, abusive families, and modern masculinity. 

Liu added his own story to the mix and spoke with his mother and half brother about his own stepfather’s violence. The film that emerged has stunned audiences around the world with its intimate portrait of the lives of young men. “” won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking at the , the 2018 , and is nominated for best documentary feature at the 2019 Oscars.

Host Frank Stasio speaks with cinematographer about the documentary ahead of a at The on Thursday, Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. The film is also streaming on Hulu and  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Vm_Awe3bw

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Laura Pellicer is a digital reporter with app’s small but intrepid digital news team.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's app Director.