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Bookmark or Share- The Sapphires (film) - WikipediaThe Sapphires is a 2012 Australian musical comedy-drama film based on the 2004 stage play The Sapphires by Tony Briggs, which is loosely based on a real-life 1960s girl group that included Briggs' mother and aunt. [4] The film is directed by Wayne Blair and written by Keith Thompson and Briggs.
- Everything You Need to Know About The Sapphires Movie (2013)Inspired by a true story, The Sapphires follows four vivacious, young and talented Australian Aboriginal girls from a remote mission as they The Sapphires on DVD August 6, 2013 starring Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens.
- The Sapphires (2012) - IMDbThe Sapphires: Directed by Wayne Blair. With Tanika Lonesborough, Nioka Brennan, Lynette Narkle, Kylie Belling. In 1968, four talented young Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertains the US troops in Vietnam.
- The Sapphires: where are they now? - Australian GeographicThe film depicts the Sapphires as Australia’s answer to the Supremes, and how they were talent-spotted to perform soul numbers for the troops in Vietnam.
- The real-life Dreamgirls from Down Under - Roger EbertIn “The Sapphires,” we meet the future singers as children, three sisters and their cousin, performing at a family celebration in 1958. The light-skinned cousin is taken to become part of what is now known as the “Stolen Generation,” with no contact with her family.
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