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In the 1990s Clark began to develop narrative qualities in his photography and progressed from still to moving images. His first film, KIDS, a coming-of-age film set in New York City during the 1990s, hit the screens in 1995. In it we follow a group of young people through a day of skateboarding, partying and sex. The script was written by the then 16 year-old Harmony Korine, and it was his first film too. The cast was made up of amateurs yet the film became the breakthrough for the now established actors Chloë Sevigny and Rosario Dawson.
The film’s documentary style and raw content attracted a great deal of attention and shook both the film world and society at large. Is this really how young people are living today? Opinion was divided – The New York Times called it “A wake-up call to the modern world” while others condemned it as pornography in the guise of a documentary. The film's focus on skateboard culture helped launch street and lifestyle brands that are now global multi-million dollar industries, such as Supreme, Zoo York and others.
