In 1992, British documentary maker Nick Broomfield made Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer. The film was an insightful, justifiably judgemental record of how those around prostitute-turned-murderess Wuornos - who had been convicted of killing seven men, but always pleaded self-defence - had tried to sell her story to Hollywood.
Broomfield indicted members of the Florida state police department, Wuornos' Born Again Christian mother, and even her haphazard hippy lawyer.
While Broomfield returns to threads set up in the first film (it's pointed out that a case of the corrupt Florida cops was never pursued), here he aims even higher - acusing the whole US legal system for not just failing Wuornos, but for also insisting upon capital punishment.
On TV
First Shown
| Date | Time | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 11 May 2004 | Channel 4 |
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