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Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

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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.

Directed by Joan Churchill
Produced by Jo Human
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Top Cast

Aileen Wuornos

Aileen Wuornos

Self (archive footage)

Nick Broomfield

Nick Broomfield

Self

D

Diane Wuornos

Self

A

Arlene Pralle

Self (archive footage)

Tyria Moore

Tyria Moore

Self (archive footage)

D

Dawn Botkins

Self

M

Michelle Chauvin

Self

D

Dick Mills

Self (archive footage)

D

Dennis Allen

Self

Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush

Self (archive footage)

Themes & Keywords

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About Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer is a documentary, crime film released in 2003 exploring themes of prison, death penalty, child abuse, michigan, death row, self-defense. Directed by Joan Churchill, it stars Aileen Wuornos, Nick Broomfield, Diane Wuornos. 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.

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