--- title: Trailer for Amy Winehouse Documentary "Amy": "Just a Girl Who Sings" description: The documentary "Amy" will explore the short life of the mega-talented singer and performer Amy Winehouse. canonical: https://time.com/3890653/amy-trailer-winehouse-documentary/ author: Eliza Berman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-20T15:38:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:20:05.181Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: In the Trailer for "Amy," Amy Winehouse Is "Just a Girl That Sings" og:description: The documentary "Amy" will explore the short life of the mega-talented singer and performer Amy Winehouse. og:url: https://time.com/3890653/amy-trailer-winehouse-documentary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53fe8271d3510d4c/6987ed04a988ca15656b064b/108069956.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Amy Winehouse Plays Sao Paulo og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: In the Trailer for "Amy," Amy Winehouse Is "Just a Girl That Sings" twitter:description: The documentary "Amy" will explore the short life of the mega-talented singer and performer Amy Winehouse. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53fe8271d3510d4c/6987ed04a988ca15656b064b/108069956.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # In the Trailer for _Amy_, Amy Winehouse Is ‘Just a Girl That Sings’  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. May 20, 2015 3:38 PM CUT  Amy Winehouse performs on stage at Arena Anhembi in São Paulo on Jan. 15, 2010 Amy Winehouse performs on stage at Arena Anhembi in São Paulo on Jan. 15, 2010Keiny Andrade—LatinContent/Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. May 20, 2015 3:38 PM CUT Audiences at the Cannes Film Festival this week are buzzing about the emotional impact of Asif Kapadia’s documentary _Amy_, which explores the life of the late singer Amy Winehouse, who died of alcohol poisoning in 2011 at 27\. The documentary uses archival footage and interviews to mine the complicated inner life of a person who wanted neither fame nor notoriety but only to make music. The trailer depicts Winehouse as a bright, genuine and supremely gifted performer who shied away from the publicity her talent afforded her. Though Oscar season is still months away, [some critics](http://deadline.com/2015/05/amy-winehouse-documentary-asif-kapadia-cannes-trailer-1201430259/ "undefined") have already opined that _Amy_ will be one to beat in the documentary category. 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