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Did the Cameras Kill Amy Winehouse?

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Christopher Campbell
Jul 23, 2015
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Thanks to the bloodsport of celebrity culture, we all know how this story ends. Yet Asif Kapadia’s elegiac biographical documentary Amy avoids myth and sentimentality by assembling unexplored footage of Amy Winehouse, mostly captured by those who knew her best and documented her at her worst. Kapadia’s grim critique ultimately hinges on the motivations …

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