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Interview: Filmmaker Bing Liu on Preparation for the Next Life, Casting a Uyghur Lead Actor, and Telling Immigration Stories

Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Bing Liu’s (Minding the Gap) latest film, Preparation for the Next Life, is about Uyghur migrant Aishe (newcomer Sebiye Behtiyar) living in New York City and […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 8, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Documentarian Bing Liu Brings a Keen Eye for Detail to Moving, Quietly Devastating Preparation For the Next Life

    Oscar-nominated filmmaker Bing Liu (the documentary Minding the Gap) has turned his attention toward narrative filmmaking with the heartbreaking love story Preparation for the Next Life, concerning a pair of […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • September 5, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV

    Preview: Chicago’s Documentary Film Festival DOC10 Returns with a Weekend of Must-See Non-Fiction Films

    Roadrunner

    After taking a year off due to the pandemic, Chicago’s premier documentary film festival, Doc10 (June 17-20), kicks off with one of the year’s most musically joyous offerings, Ahmir “Questlove” […]

  • Third Coast Review Staff
  • June 16, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Minding the Gap Is One of the Finest Documentaries of the Year

    Minding the Gap

    One of the most impressive feature debuts I’ve seen in quite some time is Bing Liu’s documentary Minding the Gap, about three boys growing up in Rockford, Illinois, and bonding […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • August 31, 2018
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