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12.06.2021 / 18:45
26 Years After ‘Kids’ Shocked the World, a New Documentary Examines the Lives It Shattered
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Kids,” a gritty look at a group of skateboarding, drug-abusing, bed-hopping teenagers, became an unlikely box office hit when it premiered in the summer of 1995.Shot on a shoestring budget with a cast comprised of unknowns and amateur actors, the film’s subject matter and frank sexuality was scandalous, prompting condemnation in some quarters, as well as fights with the ratings board.