Set to premiere this summer, the first official preview for the upcoming documentary, Amy, has been released.
The short clip briefly mentions singer Amy Winehouse’s writing process through the words of her manager, Nick Schmansky.
“We’d recorded quite a few demo recordings, and I started to talk about whether she ever considered writing,” Schmansky says in the narration. “She said she’s not sure about writing songs, but she’s written a lot of poems. She knew full well she’d been writing songs, but they were very personal songs.”
In the preview, it shows footage of close ups of Winehouse’s face and a page of her handwritten lyrics on wrinkled sheets of paper. The documentary is said to feature extensive unseen archive footage and previously unheard tracks.
Winehouse’s family recently disclosed that they have “disassociated themselves from the forthcoming film” because the documentary does “a disservice to individuals and families suffering from the complicated affliction of addiction.”
A documentary spokesperson defended the film, saying, “We came on board with the full backing of the Winehouse family, and we approached the project with total objectivity. We conducted in the region of 100 interviews with people that knew Amy. The story that the film tells is a reflection of our findings from these interviews.”
Despite heavy criticism from Winehouse’s family, director Asif Kapadia’s Amy is set to premiere this July.
