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The father of the late Amy Winehouse has blasted the new documentary of her life, ahead of the film's premiere at Cannes Film Festival next month.
Speaking to the Sun, Mitch Winehouse said: "I felt sick when I watched it for the first time. Amy would have be furious. This is not what she would have wanted."
He went on to criticise the film creators’ decision to involve Amy's former boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil in the film: “Blake is saying in the film that the reason Amy was like that was because of me — not because he gave her crack and heroin and because he completely manipulated and coerced her into Class A drugs."
He added: “If the real truth came out about Blake, he wouldn’t be able to walk down the street so how they can allow him to make that claim about me is so hurtful and beyond belief.”
When speaking about the family's involvement in her drug addiction, Mitch explained: "I was there for her. We were all there every day and Amy phone me up to seven times a day. From this film there's no impression of that whatsoever. Especially when she was sick I was there all the time."
“We can’t stop it but when the film does come out we can sue for libel or slander. Our lawyers will view the film and reserve the right to do that and see whether there are any grounds".
The film is set for release in the UK on 3 July. Winehouse died on 23 July 2011 from alcohol poisoning.
