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Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
Documentary · 1992
In this documentary, filmmaker Nick Broomfield follows the saga of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who has been accused of committing a brutal series of murders. Broomfield conducts interviews with Wuornos herself, and his crew films her trial as well as her interactions with religious fanatic Arlene Pralle, who gives Wuornos dubious advice and legally adopts her. The cameras also roll as the accused's attorney ignores the case at hand to negotiate a deal to sell his client's story.
The sides of Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
- Aileen Wuornos on trial
- A lawyer selling her story
- Nick Broomfield chasing interviews
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer is good for you if…
- you want to hear Aileen Wuornos tell her side in her own words.
- you're drawn to true crime about a woman on death row.
- you want to see the people around her trying to cash in on her story.
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer is bad for you if…
- you can't take a story of abuse, murder and death row.
- you need momentum and a filmmaker waiting for interviews tests your patience.
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