Warning: This post contains spoilers for American Sweatshop
Though it’s not a horror movie , American Sweatshop will get under your skin. Directed by Uta Briesewitz and written by Matthew Nemeth, the film follows Tallahassee resident Daisy (Lili Reinhart) as she does what may just be the worst job in the world. She’s a content moderator, sitting at a computer for hours a day watching videos from the darkest edges of the internet. Day in and day out, Daisy is inundated with images of violence, sex, and other unspeakable things that have been uploaded online, and her job is to delete them or keep them based on company policy.
When Daisy comes across a video that is too disturbing to ignore, she goes on a long journey to seek justice. American Sweatshop explores the nastiest, most un