Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

Nov 21, 2003

1h 29m

★ 6.7

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.

Genres

Documentary

Crime

Production Companies

Lafayette Film

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer Trailers

Cast

Self (archive footage)

Aileen Wuornos

Self

Nick Broomfield

Self

Diane Wuornos

Self (archive footage)

Arlene Pralle

Self (archive footage)

Tyria Moore

Self

Dawn Botkins

Self

Michelle Chauvin

Self (archive footage)

Dick Mills

Self

Dennis Allen

Self (archive footage)

Jeb Bush

Self (archive footage)

Joe Hobson

Self

Steve Glazer

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