We Were Once Kids

Documentary about the real life individuals who inspired Larry Clark’s 1995 cult classic film KIDS.

In the early 1990’s, before New York City’s mass gentrification, a group of disparate youth ventured outside their broken homes into the city’s brutal streets. United by skateboarding, they cultivated a family and built a unique lifestyle that ultimately inspired Larry Clark’s 1995 groundbreaking film, KIDS. The crew became overnight commodities, thrust into the mainstream spotlight. Left adrift under the bright lights, some discovered transcendent lives and careers—while others, abandoned and unequipped to handle fame, suffered fatal consequences.

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