English documentarian Nick Broomfield's first film about prostitute-turned-multiple-murderer Aileen Wuornos, subtitled THE SELLING OF A SERIAL KILLER (1994), posed a series of questions — some glib, some discomforting — about the transformation of sensational criminal cases into infotainment. His second, which chronicles the months leading up to Wuornos' 2002 execution, asks what kind of criminal justice system executes the mentally incompetent. Broomfield was subpoenaed to testify in the last stage of Wuornos' 10-year-journey through Florida's legal system because his first documentary suggested that her inexperienced lawyer, an ambulance chaser who smoked ...
Released:
2004
Rated:
NR
Length:
89 mins