DIRECTOR: Eddie Martin
PRODUCERS: Shannon Swan, Jessica Forsyth, Hamilton Harris, Caroline Rothstein
PRODUCTION CO: Resolution Media
SCREENPLAY: Hamilton Harris, Eddie Martin
PHOTOGRAPHY: Hugh Miller
EDITOR: Shannon Swan
​​MUSIC: Michael Yezerski
WITH: (as themselves) Jon Abrahams, Peter Bici, Priscilla Forsyth, Hamilton Harris, Michael Hayes, Javier Nunez, Tobin Yelland

FESTIVALS: Tribeca, Melbourne

REVIEWS

“Award-winning filmmaker Eddie Martin (Have You Seen the Listers?) revisits the cultural landscape of Larry Clark’s iconic 90s film Kids, which paved a bumpy path for its young stars’ future success.

In 1995, the coming-of-age drama Kids propelled the American independent film scene in a daring new direction. Finding inspiration from New York City’s skateboarding scene, it shocked audiences and critics alike with its depictions of teenage drug use and unsafe sex.

Kids memorably launched the acting careers of then-unknowns Chloë Sevigny, Rosario Dawson and Leo Fitzpatrick, but it also featured a number of kids for whom fame proved to be more burden than blessing.

In his fifth documentary feature, Martin draws together archival footage and interviews to reveal just what happened to those other ‘kids’ from Clark’s film, including Justin Pierce and Harold Hunter, who died young and in tragic circumstances.

​Probing the fine line between celebration and exploitation, publicity and pressure, We Were Once Kids examines a vanished cultural moment and the cost of being thrust into the spotlight with no safety net.”

– Melbourne International Film Festival 2022
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FILM SOCIETY SCREENINGS

Hamilton  
Monday, 22 April, 6.30pm

Palmerston North 
Wednesday, 05 June, 6.00pm​

Whanganui   
Monday, 08 July, 7.00pm​

​​Auckland  
Monday, 14 October, 6.15pm

New Plymouth  
Wednesday, 13 November, 6.00pm
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