Amy: first look at Asif Kapadia's documentary on Amy Winehouse

Senna director Asif Kapadia’s forthcoming documentary focuses on interviews with parents, friends and ex-husband of singing star Amy Winehouse

Amy, Asif Kapadia’s documentary on fame, mental illness and Amy Winehouse, has its first trailer.

Backed by the vocal track for Winehouse’s hit Back to Black, the clip shows archive footage of the jazz-pop singer that foreshadows her early death. The teenage Winehouse is shown posing for home videos, recording her Grammy award-winning second album and running from a crowd of paparazzi outside her Camden home. “I’m not trying to be a star or anything other than a musician,” she says.

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