Indo-British director Asif Kapadia’s documentary “Amy”, based on the life of singer Amy Winehouse, and Indian-American Sanjay Patel’s animated short film “Sanjay’s Super Team” have bagged nominations at this year’s Academy Awards.
“Amy” has been nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category where it will fight it out with “Cartel Land”, “The Look of Silence”, “What Happened, Miss Simone?” and “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”.
Kapadia, whose film has also earned two Bafta nominations, depicts Winehouse’s life largely from the standpoint of her struggle with substance abuse problems both before and after her career began to her eventual early death.
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Source: Daily News & Analysis
