Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)

09/09/2003 (GB) • 1h 29m

Documentary, Crime

The 2002 Interviews.

Overview

British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.

Top Billed Cast

Arlene Pralle

Self (archive footage)

Tyria Moore

Self (archive footage)

Dick Mills

Self (archive footage)


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Part of the Aileen Wuornos: Broomfield Collection

Includes Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer, Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

prison

death penalty

child abuse

michigan

death row

self-defense

death sentence

interview

childhood trauma

daytona

dysfunctional family

rape victim

murder

domestic abuse

incest

mother daughter estrangement

homeless girl

woman director

mentally ill

ostracism

abandoned by mother

kicked out

traumatic childhood

traumatic experience

homeless teenager

estranged mother

mother daughter relationship

unfit mother

homeless child

traumatized woman

last interview

abused child

traumatized person

traumatized child

maximum security prison

women in prison

child raised by grandparents

working class people

central florida

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