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American Sweatshop

2025 · 93 min

A grim, immersive plunge into the mind of someone drowning in the worst of the internet, tense and unsettling with a lingering sense of dread.

Directed by: Uta Briesewitz
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Starring: Lili Reinhart, Daniela Melchior, Jeremy Ang Jones

Tagline: Some things should never be seen.
Overview: A content moderator is tasked with purging offensive media from the internet. When she witnesses a crime in a video, she is lured away from the safety of her keyboard as she obsessively seeks to hold someone accountable.

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Directed by: Uta Briesewitz
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Starring: Lili Reinhart, Daniela Melchior, Jeremy Ang Jones

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
justice
isolation
trauma
technology
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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