The late Amy Winehouse
April 26, 2015
Winehouse movie irks family
LONDON (AP) — The family of Amy Winehouse has criticised a documentary about the late singer that is due to have its premiere at next month’s Cannes Film Festival.
A statement issued Sunday by family spokesman Chris Goodman said director Asif Kapadia’s Amy is “misleading and contains some basic untruths.”
Amy is due to screen out of competition at the May 13-24 Cannes festival.
The statement said the film suggested family members did too little to help the singer, who died in July 2011 at age 27 of accidental alcohol poisoning. The soul diva, whose 2006 album Back to Black won five Grammy Awards, had battled drug and alcohol abuse for years.
