FILM & TV

Photos: Larry Clark on the Legacy, and the Infamy, of His 1995 Film Kids

by Gillian Sagansky
KIDS, Rosario Dawson, 1995, © Shining Excalibur Films/courtesy Everett Collection

How a 48-year old iconoclast infiltrated the world of teenage skaters and told their story, warts and all, for better or worse. “I just don’t think people were ready for the truth,” he says.

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Larry Clark with an actor on the set of Kids, 1995, from his 2003 book Punk Picasso. Courtesy of the artist.

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Rosario Dawson in Kids. Courtesy Everett Collection.

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Chloe Sevigny in Kids. Courtesy Everett Collection.

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Justin Pierce in Kids. Courtesy Everett Collection.

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Yakiro Peguero, Leo Fitzpatrick in Kids. Courtesy Everett Collection.