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Winehouse family slam documentary

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AAP,
Publish Date
Mon, 27 Apr 2015, 1:47PM

Winehouse family slam documentary

Author
AAP,
Publish Date
Mon, 27 Apr 2015, 1:47PM

Amy Winehouse's family says a documentary about her life is misleading and they won't have anything to do with it.

The singer, who died at 27 in July 2011 from alcohol poisoning, is the subject of Amy, which will be shown at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

But the film makers say they approached it with "total objectivity" and insisted the story it tells is "a reflection of our findings" from around 100 interviews with people who knew the star.

In a statement, a spokesman for the Winehouse family said they "would like to disassociate themselves from the forthcoming film about their much missed and beloved Amy".

"They feel that the film is a missed opportunity to celebrate her life and talent and that it is both misleading and contains some basic untruths."

Director Asif Kapadia said: "The story that the film tells is a reflection of our findings from these interviews."

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