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"Amy Winehouse: 10 Years On", commissioned by
Britain's BBC Two and BBC Music, will be told through the
narrative of the "Rehab" and "Back to Black" singer's mother
Janis, who has multiple sclerosis and wants to share her
memories, the broadcaster said.
It described Janis as "a figure close to Amy whom we have yet to
hear a lot from and whose version of events often differs from
the narrative we have been told before".
"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," Janis Winehouse said in a statement on Wednesday.
Winehouse, a Grammy Award winner, died from alcohol poisoning at
her London home in July 2011. She had struggled with drinking
and drug problems through much of her career.
The documentary will feature previously unseen family archive
material, the BBC said. "Janis will be aided by family, friends
and those who knew Amy best to piece together the side of Amy
rarely seen," it said.
"The film will be a powerful and sensitive account of one of
Britain’s best-loved and greatly-missed musical talents,
offering a new female-driven interpretation of her life, her
loves and her legacy."
A 2015 documentary "AMY" about Winehouse won director Asif
Kapadia an Oscar, although at the time the singer's father Mitch
Winehouse called it misleading and said the family had
disassociated itself from the film.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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