Likely considering its a documentary, those behind the Cannes line-up didn’t put it in the official competition, but one of the most celebrated films coming out of the festival is the next work from Senna director Asif Kapadia. Amy tells the story of Amy Winehouse, the artist who tragically died at the age of 27 back in 2011. We’ve now got the full-length trailer and a new clip ahead of a release this July.
“I’m not pointing the finger, I’m just saying this is really complicated,” Kapadia said at Cannes, refuting claims he blames her family member for what led to her death. “But there are issues, and there are maybe things that could have been done differently. It’s turning the mirror on everyone, saying, we’re all slightly to blame, complicit, a part of this system — this circus — that it became.” Check out the trailer and clip below.
From BAFTA award-winning director Asif Kapadia (SENNA), AMY tells the incredible story of six-time Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse – in her own words. Featuring extensive unseen archive footage and previously unheard tracks, this strikingly modern, moving and vital film shines a light on the world we live in, in a way that very few can.
A once-in-a-generation talent, Amy Winehouse was a musician that captured the world’s attention. A pure jazz artist in the most authentic sense – she wrote and sung from the heart using her musical gifts to analyse her own problems. The combination of her raw honesty and supreme talent resulted in some of the most unique and adored songs of the modern era.
Her huge success, however, resulted in relentless and invasive media attention which coupled with Amy’s troubled relationships and precarious lifestyle saw her life tragically begin to unravel. Amy Winehouse died from alcohol poisoning in July 2011 at the age of 27.
Amy opens on July 3rd and expands nationwide on July 10th.