If you’ve already seen ‘Back to Black’ and wanted to learn more about Amy Winehouse’s story, here we tell you where you can watch the Oscar-winning documentary about her life and career.
After a few years of announcing that a biopic of Amy Winehouse was in preparation, The film finally arrived in theaters in Mexico Back to Black, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. After the success of the films about the lives of Freddie Mercury and Elvis Presley, the film industry decided that the new story to hit the big screen would be that of the British singer who is mainly known for songs like “Rehab” and the one that gives title to his own film.
Marisa Abela is the actress selected to play Winehouse, who died suddenly in 2011 and was the new celebrity to join the 27 Club, which also includes musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison. The famous jazz singer-songwriter with a peculiar sixties style was an important figure on the London music scene, but His life was also full of controversies.
In addition to being the author of the award-winning album Back to Black, Winehouse also became famous for her addictions and for her turbulent love relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil, who in Taylor-Johnson’s film is played by Jack O’Connell. Two other people who were important in her life also appear in the film, her grandmother (Lesley Manville) and her father, Mitch Winehouse (Eddie Marsan). After being released, The film received mixed reviews from critics, so if you want to see another version of its story you can check out the 2015 documentary.
Directed by British filmmaker Asif Kapadia, the documentary titled Amy It premiered almost a decade ago and was distributed by A24, showing Winehouse’s life from when she was a teenager with a great passion for music and until her unexpected death from alcohol poisoning. Without leaving anything out about her musical career and her stormy private life, Amy tells each era of the singer-songwriter through archival material and interviews with people close to her.
With the participation of people like producer Mark Ronson, Amy It was a triumph among critics and awards, as it was rated 95 percent on sites like Rotten Tomatoeswhile received the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film from the Academy. Unfortunately the title is not available on any streaming platform, but you can rent or buy it through Apple TV for 60 and 15 pesos, respectively.
