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The 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.
The Sapphires is an Australian play written by Tony Briggs and directed by Wesley Enoch. [1] It is set in 1968 (a year after the referendum , which symbolically expanded the rights of Aboriginal people ) and it tells the story of The Sapphires, a singing group of four Yorta Yorta women who tour Vietnam during the war .
In 1984 Mayers was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for "service to Aboriginal welfare". [10]In 2006, she was the subject of a television documentary made by Film Australia for SBS Television, entitled Jetja Nai medical mob : Naomi Mayers.
The group first began performing together in the early 1960s, and signed to Swan Records at the behest of producer Jerry Ross. [1] Their first single was "Where Is Johnny Now" b/w "Your True Love", featuring Leon Huff and Thom Bell on keyboards, Bobby Eli on guitar, Bobby Martin on vibraphones, and Joe Macho on bass.
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Shari Sebbens is an Aboriginal Australian actress and stage director, known for her debut film role in The Sapphires (2012), as well as many stage and television performances. After a two-year stint as resident director of the Sydney Theatre Company (STC), in 2023 she will be directing productions by STC and Griffin in Sydney , as well as ...
Blair's first recorded on-screen appearance was in a 1997 Australian TV film called The Tower.The following year he appeared on All Saints and Wildside.He has also appeared in Water Rats and Fireflies. 1998 was also the year he was one of the first four film makers to be mentored under the Metro Screen Indigenous Mentor Scheme for which he made a short film called Fade 2 Black.
The Sapphires – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack peaked at number one on the ARIA Album Chart and was certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). It also reached number 15 on the New Zealand Albums Chart. A deluxe edition, featuring an additional five songs, was released on 16 November 2012.