Movie
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2003-11-21
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Documentary, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Lafayette Film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Aileen Wuornos as Self (archive footage)
- Nick Broomfield as Self
- Diane Wuornos as Self
- Arlene Pralle as Self (archive footage)
- Tyria Moore as Self (archive footage)
- Dawn Botkins as Self
- Michelle Chauvin as Self
- Dick Mills as Self (archive footage)
- Dennis Allen as Self
- Jeb Bush as Self (archive footage)
- Joe Hobson as Self (archive footage)
- Steve Glazer as Self
Crew
- Joan Churchill - Director
- Nick Broomfield - Director
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