Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

DocumentaryCrime

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

"The 2002 Interviews."

User Score146 votes

67%6.7/10

Release2003→

Runtime1H 29M

LanguageEnglish

StatusReleased

Synopsis

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.

Principal Cast8

Aileen Wuornos

Self (archive footage)

Nick Broomfield

Self

Diane Wuornos

Self

Arlene Pralle

Self (archive footage)

Tyria Moore

Self (archive footage)

Dawn Botkins

Self

Michelle Chauvin

Self

Dick Mills

Self (archive footage)

Full Cast & Crew (34)

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Director

Joan Churchill

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