Reclaiming Amy airs on BBC Two from Friday 23 July at 9pm and on BBC iPlayer shortly after. Janis said of the documentary: “I don’t feel the world knew the true Amy, the one that I brought up, and I’m looking forward to the opportunity to offer an understanding of her roots and a deeper insight into the real Amy." Arriving 10 years after Amy Winehouses death, new documentary Reclaiming Amy offers a new perspective on the singers life In the 10 years since Amy Winehouse’s death, we’ve come to think.
It read: "Janis lives with Multiple Sclerosis, a condition which threatens to strip her of her memories of Amy, and is a large part of her motivation to make this timely and personal documentary." The BBC Two description reads: "Marking the ten year anniversary of the death of Amy Winehouse, her closest family and friends, including mum Janis and dad Mitch, reveal the truth about the British music icon."Ī previous press release explained that Winehouse's mother wants to be able to tell Amy's story in her own words before her Multiple Sclerosis progresses. Thank you for both your interest and patience.Reclaiming Amy will be narrated by Winehouse's mother Janis Winehouse-Collins and will include the singer-songwriter's father, Mitch, as a guest interviewee. Our blog site is flooded with spam comments, and we are trying to extricate legitimate comments from this deluge. I will listen with interest to the observations of my patients who do decide to see the film and would be interested in your comments if you see this compelling work and would be willing to share your responses to it.Įditor’s Note: I apologize to those who have already made comments to other posts and have not received a response as yet. I wonder, however, how it would be experienced by those with similar disorders-both in and out of recovery-as well as by those with no direct experience with addiction. Is this film a good tool for starting conversations about addiction and recovery? Unfortunately, what this film shows will be very familiar to my colleagues in the field of addictions. Although the picture of addiction that emerges corresponds with my clinical experience, I am not clear about whether watching it will have a positive influence on the process of their recovery. I am undecided, however, about whether to recommend that they watch this movie, which ends so tragically. I often recommend memoirs about successful recovery to patients to reduce their pessimism as well as to provide a potentially positive model to follow. The types of resources that clinicians recommend to patients must be carefully vetted. Not long afterward, I read in the newspapers of his death. One of my most disturbing clinical experiences was when I consulted on the treatment of a musician in the detoxification ward of a hospital and argued unsuccessfully about the need for treatment with his wife, who was insistent that he needed to go on a concert tour in Europe instead. I know that he is not unique in this behavior. The unseen story of Amys life and addictions featuring exclusive interviews including her former husband Blake Fielder Civil who first. He later encouraged her to make a concert tour in the U.S. In her famous song about refusing to go to rehab, she sings, “My daddy thinks I’m fine.” She was, in fact, accurately describing how he obstructed initial attempts to get her into treatment for what was by then an obvious addiction. Despite being on this planet for a short while, Amy Winehouse’s.
Documentary featuring fascinating insights from those who knew Amy best and discusses the legacy she has left in the world of music. A destructive relationship with her addicted husband and the passivity of her mother would, perhaps, have been too much by themselves for her to overcome.įor me, however, the most chilling part of the film is the role her exploitative father plays. Watch Amy Winehouse: The Final Goodbye (2016) online. The relationships supporting her addiction are also depicted powerfully. The poignancy of their pain and feelings of helplessness are powerfully represented. Amy Winehouse was fortunate enough to have loving friends who tried to help her, albeit to no avail. Since watching the film, I have struggled to find some kind of positive angle to such a disturbing experience and I wanted to share some of my observations about the film from a clinical perspective.įriends tried to help her while family members enabled her addiction. During my return flight from a recent trip to London, I watched the documentary, “Amy,” which depicts in horrifying detail the death from addiction and an eating disorder of the extraordinarily talented Amy Winehouse.