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2003DocumentaryCrime1h 29m

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

The 2002 Interviews.

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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StatusReleased
Original Languageen

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prisondeath penaltychild abusemichigandeath rowself-defensedeath sentenceinterviewchildhood traumadaytonadysfunctional familyrape victimmurderdomestic abuseincestmother daughter estrangementhomeless girlwoman directormentally illostracismabandoned by motherkicked outtraumatic childhoodtraumatic experiencehomeless teenagerestranged mothermother daughter relationshipunfit motherhomeless childtraumatized womanlast interviewabused childtraumatized persontraumatized childmaximum security prisonwomen in prisonchild raised by grandparentsworking class peoplecentral florida

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