Despite the fact that her family have removed themselves from the project after condemning it for containing “basic untruths”, Asif Kapadia’s documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse will still hit the silver screen this July, with the official trailer for the film at long-last being released.
The video encompasses everything the doco should be, displaying upsetting scenes of the singer recording in the studio, pausing to say, “oh, it’s a bit upsetting at the end, isn’t it?” to snippets of her controversial ex-boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil, as well as celebrating her triumphs, check it out here:
The first actual snippet from the film dropped recently, displaying Winehouse in her well-known, playful manner holding a cigarette laughing “I look like a floatin’ head”, as Nick Shymansky speaks of his very personal conversations he’d held with the late jazz-pop singer, which you can watch here:
The film entitled Amy: The Girl Behind The Name and has been created from A24 Chronicles by Asif Kapadia, best known for his critically acclaimed documentary, Senna, and is said to haunt UK theatres on July 3 of this year, with an international release date still to be revealed.
After releasing just two records, Frank and Back To Black, the critically acclaimed artist won a string of awards including six Grammys, paving the way for a whole new breed of talent to breakthrough to the mainstream including Adele and Duffy.
Winehouse tragically passed away on July 23, 2011, her death due to alcohol poison. The troubled singer-songwriter had a long-standing war with drugs and alcohol, not to mention her highly publicised battle with tabloids that plagued her her short yet incredibly important career.
