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struggles with addiction. But does the film do justice to the singer and her

music? I'm Stephen Thompson today we are talking about Back to Black on Pop Culture Happy Hour from NPR.

Joining me is my Pop Culture Happy Hour co-host, Aisha Harris.

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So Amy Winehouse's life story is pretty well known by now.

It even spawned an Oscar winning documentary called Amy.

But Back to Black turns that story into a biopic starring Marisa Abella as the singer who died of alcohol poisoning at 27.

The film begins when Winehouse is a scrappy teenager who gets in trouble with her friends, sings with her family, and writes songs heavily influenced by the giants of jazz.

Soon Winehouse signs a record label deal, releases her first album, and meets her future husband husband Blake played by Jack O'Connell.

The volatile and sometimes violent relationship between Amy and Blake

provided a lot of fodder for tabloids and it's the source of much of the conflict in Back to Black.

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