Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer

Why tonight?

• ◆Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
• ◆It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.

The story

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.

• prison
• death row
• opportunist
• crooked lawyer
• serial killer
• police corruption
• exploitation of friendship
• public defender
• legal system
• female serial killer