Parents' Guide to Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel

Parents need to know that Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel is a documentary about the company's cult-like rise and inevitable collapse into bankruptcy and lawsuits by 2015. Particularly on display is the company's former creator and CEO, Dov Charney, a charismatic man who often abused, berated, shamed, and punished his employees. Charney has also been accused of sexual assault, rape, coercion, harassment, and abuse. This documentary explores how and why so many people fell for Charney's charisma and put up with his abuse for so long. Women speak bluntly about Charney forcing them to give him oral sex, sex, anal sex, and nude pictures and videos. They explain their experiences meeting him, how these meetings had to happen at his house, and how he always met them in underwear, a bathrobe, or in nothing at all. Lots of phone footage also captures Charney yelling, berating, and verbally abusing employees. Sex references and nudity (bare breasts). One grainy phone footage video clip shows a nude man, but his genital area is blurred. Many American Apparel advertisements feature topless women and people in underwear and various stages of undress. Characters talk about how American Apparel employees were often having sex with one another. Employees get vibrators as gifts. Adults drink beer. A character talks about being a former drug addict. Strong language includes "f--k," "f--king," "s--t," "bitch," "slut," "cum," "ass," "c--k," and "damn."

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