Broomfield's second (and better) documentary on Aileen Wuornos, killer of seven, and her last days before execution in Florida. A bit prurient... but the relationship between the English director and the unstable, damaged Wuornos is fascinating, and Broomfield quietly sketches in a case against capital punishment.
This is possibly Nick Broomfield's best documentary to date. A follow up to his 1992 film 'Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer', 'Life And Death' is a more complete look at the life of Aileen Wuornos telling the story of Wuornos' from her troubled upbringing to her execution in 2002. The film is told through Broomfield's own narration and through interviews with Wuornos family and friends, and via interviews with Aileen Wuornos herself. Really the most interesting aspect of the film is Nick Broomfield's journey from just a filmmaker seeing Aileen as the topic of his film to forming a bond with her and speaking out against her death sentence as toward the end he's clearly convinced she's mentally ill. If you like documentaries then this is highly recommended.