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  2. The Sapphires (film) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. The Sapphires (play) - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  4. The Sapphires: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. ‘The Sapphires’ Star Jessica Mauboy Makes Feature ... - AOL

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    Jessica Mauboy, star of 2013 Australian breakout hit “The Sapphires,” returns to a leading film role for the first time in over a decade in family feature “Windcatcher.” Directed by Tanith ...

  6. Naomi Mayers - Wikipedia

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    In 2006, she was the subject of a television documentary made by Film Australia for SBS Television, entitled Jetja Nai medical mob : Naomi Mayers. [11] Mayers was given a Lifetime Achievement award in the 2023 NAIDOC Week Awards. This is awarded "to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person who has dedicated their life to their community ...

  7. Tony Briggs - Wikipedia

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    Tony Briggs was born on 3 July 1967. [2] He is the son of Laurel Robinson, one of The Sapphires, [3] and is a Yorta Yorta / Wurundjeri man. [4]He attended Scotch College, Melbourne as a boarding student from 1980 to 1985, and proved to be an outstanding athlete there.

  8. 2nd AACTA Awards - Wikipedia

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    The Sapphires – Andrew Plain, Bry Jones, Pete Smith, Ben Osmo and John Simpson Burning Man – David Lee, Andrew Plain and Gethin Creagh Lore – Sam Petty, Michael Busch, Robert Mackenzie , Antony Gray, Yulia Akerholt and Brooke Trezise

  9. Los Zafiros - Wikipedia

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    Los Zafiros (The Sapphires) were a Cuban close-harmony vocal group working from 1962 until 1976. [1] The group was part of the filín (feeling) movement, inspired by American doo-wop groups such as The Platters. Their music was a fusion of Cuban genres, such as the bolero, with doo-wop, ballads, R&B, calypso, Bossa Nova and early rock and roll.