Overview

• The 54-minute installment uses interviews and archival footage to detail allegations of sexual harassment, verbal abuse and coercive tactics by founder Dov Charney
• Former employees recount exploitative onboarding rituals, including nondisclosure agreements, adult gifts and mandatory residence at Charney’s Silver Lake mansion
• American Apparel’s provocative ad campaigns featured gritty images of underage-looking models that clashed with its “Ethically Made — Sweatshop Free” branding
• Following Charney’s 2014 ouster over multiple misconduct claims, the company filed for Chapter 11 in 2015 before Gildan Activewear relaunched it online in 2017
• The documentary places Charney’s post-American Apparel ventures—Los Angeles Apparel, a 2020 COVID-19 factory outbreak, a 2023 Yeezy collaboration and a planned SoHo store—within an ongoing narrative of controversy