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Amy Winehouse’s Family Slams Amy Documentary: “[It] Does a Disservice”

Amy Winehouse performs at the 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards
Amy Winehouse's family members are not happy with the new documentary Amy.

No fans here. Amy Winehouse's family members spoke out on Monday, April 27, to condemn the new documentary about the singer's life, Amy

Scheduled to debut at next month's Cannes Film Festival, Amy focuses on the late singer's life and death at age 27, including her storied music career and fatal struggle with substance abuse. While the filmmakers included unseen and unheard footage and recordings, seemingly obtained from those close to Winehouse, the star's family members released a statement criticizing Amy

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"The Winehouse family would like to disassociate themselves from the forthcoming film about their much missed and beloved Amy," Winehouse's relatives said in a statement to Us Weekly. "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."

"There are specific allegations made against family and management that are unfounded and unbalanced," the statement continues. "The narrative is formed by the testimony of a narrow sample of Amy's associates, many of whom had nothing to do with her in the last years of her life. Counter views expressed to the filmmakers did not make the final cut." 

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The first trailer, which made its debut earlier this month, shows early shots of Winehouse in the beginning of her career. The Grammy winner released two studio albums before her untimely death, debuting 2003's Frank and her star-making award-winning work, 2006's Back to Black. She passed away in July 2011 and was found with a toxic level of alcohol in her system. 

"Fundamentally, the Winehouse family believes that the film does a disservice to individuals and families suffering from the complicated affliction of addiction," the family members said in the statement to Us. "By misunderstanding the condition and its treatment, the film suggests for instance that not enough was done for Amy, that her family and management pushed her into performing or did not do enough to help her. In reality, the filmmakers were told of a huge effort from all concerned to help Amy at all stages of her illness and their constant presence in her life throughout, as well as that of many excellent medical professionals." 

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"As many families know, addiction cannot begin to be treated properly until the individual helps themselves and there is no 'one size fits all' solution," the family continues. "Furthermore, Amy was an adult who could never be told what she could and could not do. Through their work with the Amy Winehouse Foundation, Amy’s family have met many others enduring through the same struggle that they endured and have helped hundreds of disadvantaged young people in Amy’s name. They will continue to do so and hope their work creates more understanding of a terrible illness."

Director Asif Kapadia (The Warrior) and his team stand behind the film. 

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"We came on board with the full backing of the Winehouse family, and we approached the project with total objectivity," a rep for the documentary said in a statement to Rolling Stone. "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."

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