Amy Winehouse Documentary Reveals Drug Enablers

In a new clip from the upcoming documentary chronicling the life of Amy Winehouse, simply called AMY, the singer talks about the role that music played in her life, especially in her emotional state of being.

“The people who have seen it, who knew her, just about everyone says they feel it’s an honest portrait of Amy“.

Kapadia continued, “So the simple thing was to show people how amusing she was, how enjoyable, how happy she was”. Winehouse’s songs, which relate so personally to her own life, are seamlessly woven into the progression of events taking place on screen, creating an intimacy between viewer and subject. “That’s why I write music”.

The full-length feature about the otherworldly talented and tragically troubled singer-songwriter illuminated several aspects of her life, from her teen years – when an astonishingly rich and powerful voice effortlessly emanated from her petite body – to her heartbreaking death of alcohol poisoning at the age of 27.

Amy’s father Mitch has publicly slated the film, saying it is exploitative and portrays him in a bad light. Unfortunately, the film placed too much emphasis on the musician’s destitution and didn’t do enough to celebrate the talent and musical success she achieved.

Directed by Asif Kapadia the film will be released in the United Kingdom on July 3, less than a month shy of the fourth anniversary of the singer’s death. As we all know, the Winehouse story does not end well, so we’ll tell you now that you’re going to need tissues at the ready.

Putting Amy’s career ahead of her own livelihood, Mitchel Winehouse might Earth’s most repugnant bastard, and 2015’s greatest cinematic villain.

But while Amy’s amusing, fun side is a huge part of the film, she’s also in no way portrayed as an angel or total victim.

Grab your tickets here, and enter code BSRAMY and we’ll see you there! The two met in a bar in London during 2005, and were soon embroiled in a torrid relationship that included Fielder-Civil introducing Amy to hard drugs and later enabling her addiction by supplying the singer with heroin while in rehab.

“In the early days you get to know the real Amy, the real girl who she was before she became famous, before the hit record, before it all kind of turned dark”.