‘Amy’ Employs Paparazzi Footage As the Villain to Amy Winehouse’s Damsel in Distress

Asif Kapadia’s documentary on Amy Winehouse, titled Amy, is another affecting rush of archival footage, like his previous, breakout film, Senna. But this one has a more interesting, sometimes troubling relationship between the footage and the subject.

Winehouse’s story, from her teenage years to her death at age 27 in 2011, is presented through an evolut…