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Katie Puckrik sits in for Mary Anne Hobbs and meets director Asif Kapadia, who talks about his new documentary Amy, which charts the life of the talented and troubled singer.

Acclaimed director Asif Kapadia joins Katie this morning to talk about his challenging new documentary 'Amy' which charts the life of the talented and troubled singer.

Join us as Asif discusses why he chose Amy, and how he tackled the often perilous task of making a successful music documentary

The process of creating 'Amy' took three years. Kapadia assembled a hundred interviews and incorporated twenty months of editing, driven by a passion to answer the questions that Amy's life raised. Using techniques similar to those used in his ground breaking documentary 'Senna', 'Amy' mixes archive footage, new interviews and home recordings to build a collage of Amy's life, which is warm, humorous, challenging, and tragic.

Graduating from the Royal College of Art where he first gained recognition for his short 'The Sheep Thief', Kapadia's first feature film 'The Warrior' won two Baftas including Outstanding British Film of the year and his first documentary 'Senna' received great critical acclaim, won the World Cinema Audience Award at the Sundance film festival and garnered 3 more Baftas including another Outstanding British Film award.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 1 Aug 2015 07:00

Music Played

  • Dobie Gray

    The In Crowd

    • Originals 2 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • The Chemical Brothers

    Go (feat. 蚕鈥怲颈辫)

    • Virgin / EMI.
  • The Zutons

    Valerie

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Deltasonic.
  • LA Priest

    Lady's In Trouble With The Law

    • Domino Recording Co. Ltd..
  • The Staple Singers

    I'll Take You There

    • Stax.
  • The Libertines

    Gunga Din

    • Virgin / EMI.
  • The Human League

    The Things That Dreams Are Made Of

    • DARE.
    • Virgin.
  • Buddy Holly

    Peggy Sue

    • Universal.
  • The Maccabees

    Something Like Happiness

    • FICTION.
  • Furniture

    Brilliant Mind

  • Kendrick Lamar

    Alright

    • POLYDOR.
  • Small Faces

    All Or Nothing

    • Castle Communications.
  • Emily King

    Distance

  • Elvis Presley

    Blue Moon

  • !!!

    Slyd

    • Warp.
  • Public Enemy

    Earthizen

    • RCS Music.
  • Mercury Rev

    Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp

    • V2.
  • The Tubes

    White Punks On Dope

    • Virgin.
  • Gengahr

    Fill My Gums With Blood

    • Transgressive.
  • The Pioneers

    Long Shot Kick De Bucket

    • Trojan.
  • Nina Simone

    Baltimore

  • Hot Chip

    Started Right

    • Domino Recording Co.
  • Sex Pistols

    Holidays In The Sun

    • Virgin.
  • Bram Tchaikovsky

    Girl Of My Dreams

  • Pink Floyd

    See Emily Play

    • EMI.
  • Maribou State

    Midas (feat. Holly Walker)

    • Counter Records.
  • Lynn Anderson

    Rose Garden

    • Million Sellers Vol.15 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • Iggy Pop

    Sister Midnight

  • Beach House

    Sparks

    • Bella Union.
  • Nas

    Hip Hop Is Dead

    • Hip Hop Is Dead.
    • Def Jam.
  • Amy Winehouse & The James Taylor Quartet

    Stronger Than Me

  • 3 Minute Epiphany

    Asif Kapadia: How To Make A Good Music Documentary

  • Amy Winehouse

    Tears Dry On Their Own

    • Island.
  • Algiers

    But She Was Not Flying

    • Matador.
  • The Wonder Stuff

    It's Yer Money I'm After Baby

    • Polydor.
  • Beck

    Dreams

    • Capitol.
  • Ben Folds Five

    Battle Of Who Could Care Less

    • Epic/550 Music.
  • Girls

    My Ma

  • Pretenders

    Kid

    • Real Records.
  • Paul Smith

    Break Me Down

    • Billingham Records.
  • The B鈥52s

    Give Me Back My Man

    • Island.

Broadcast

  • Sat 1 Aug 2015 07:00