Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer

Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer

The True Story of America's First Female Serial Killer

Part of Aileen Wuornos: Broomfield Collection

1992•1h 27m•6.6/10

DocumentaryCrime

Ratings

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6.6/10(72)

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.

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Production

Channel 4 Television, Lafayette Film

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Aileen Wuornos

Aileen Wuornos

Self

Nick Broomfield

Nick Broomfield

Self

Arlene Pralle

Self

Tyria Moore

Tyria Moore

Self - Aileen's Girlfriend

Mike Reynolds

Self - Biographer

Steve Glazer

Self - Lawyer

Merle Cannonball

Self - Bartender, Last Resort

Jesse 'The Human Bomb' Aviles

Self

Brian Jarvis

Self

Stéphane Markcovich

Self

Michael McCarthy

Self

Dick Mills

Self

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