The upcoming Amy Winehouse documentary Amy has been quite the source of controversy in recent weeks, with the singer's father Mitch Winehouse decrying the Asif Kapaida directed film as misleading, but the promotion continues on. Today (May 8), fans of the "Rehab" singer got a first look at the intimate movie, with a 52-second clip featuring Winehouse herself.
The movie snippet largely features Winehouse holding the camera, marveling at how she looks like "a floating head" while her black hair meshes with the background. As she starts to sing to herself and the camera (flawlessly, of course), Winehouse's longtime manager Nick Schmansky talks about her hesitance at calling herself a songwriter. Instead, Winehouse preferred to think of herself as a poet.
"We've started to record quite a few demo recordings and I started to talk about whether or not she'd ever consider writing," he said. "She said she's not so sure about writing songs but she's written a lot of poems. She knew full well she had been writing songs, but they were quite personal songs."
Then, the lyrics to Winehouse's Frank track "Cherry" flash upon the screen, scribbled in the singer's own handwriting.
Watch the short clip below, via Pitchfork:
The first look at Amy gives insight into what the film will look and feel like ahead of its July 3 U.K. release date (which will be followed by a North American release later in the summer).
Though this first clip seems to be largely without controversy, Winehouse's family has spoken out against the documentary, pulling their support from the film. After a screening, Mitch Winehouse told the filmmakers, "You should be ashamed of yourselves. You had the opportunity to make a wonderful film and you've made this."
