A doc about skateboarders that leads back to their abusive upbringings.

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But despite all the exhilarating footage,Minding the Gapisnt another skateboard doc.

No, its not.

to his dad the day before he died.

What, he asks, if his kid had to go to the hospital?

I cant get home from work and drink a 12-pack like I usually do.

Zacks roommate has a tape in which Nina shrieks shes going to stab Zack.

(Hes the third.)

The climactic sequence is a tour de force.

(She knew how he abused her.)

Keire stumbles around a graveyard in the dying light searching for his fathers headstone, then sobs inconsolably.

Hes a terrific one.

*This review previously only listed Nathan Halpern as composer.

Minding the Gaphas been nominated for a 2019 Oscarin Best Documentary Feature.