A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
Direction
Kapadia haunts with only archive footage—no talking heads.
Editing
Home videos cut against tabloid headlines: devastating contrast.
Sound
Isolated vocal tracks reveal a once-in-a-generation instrument.
Director
Asif Kapadia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mitch Winehouse threatened legal action and requested edits; Kapadia refused. The final cut stands.
The film sparked re-evaluation of 2000s tabloid culture—paparazzi who hounded her now express regret on camera, unconvincingly.
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