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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 soundtrack received mostly positive reviews from critics who praised Mauboy's vocals on the sound tracks. Cameron Adams of News.com.au was pleased to hear Mauboy sing "old-school soul and R&B" and the songs "Land of a Thousand Dances", "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" showcased her "pure voice". [4]

  5. Tony Briggs - Wikipedia

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    Briggs wrote the Helpmann Award-winning play The Sapphires, first performed in 2004. It tells the story of The Sapphires, a singing group of four Koori women who tour Vietnam during the war. [11] [12] It is inspired by the true story of his mother, Laurel Robinson, and aunt, Lois Peeler, who toured Vietnam as singers in 1968. [13]

  6. List of American films of 1968 - Wikipedia

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    13 Killers Three: American International Pictures: Bruce Kessler (director); Robert Walker Jr., Diane Varsi, Dick Clark: 13 Yellow Submarine: King Features Syndicate: George Dunning (director); The Beatles (voices), Paul Angelis, John Clive: 15 The Shoes of the Fisherman: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: Michael Anderson (director); Anthony Quinn, Laurence ...

  7. Naomi Mayers - Wikipedia

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    Mayers was born in 1941, [1] of Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri heritage. [2]She was one of three members of The Sapphires, along with Beverly Briggs (her sister) and Laurel Robinson, in the 1960s.

  8. Shari Sebbens - Wikipedia

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    [7] [11] [12] The cast attended the film's premiere at the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on 20 May 2012. [11] As of October 2022, Sebbens has two acting projects lined up for the future, both on screen. [13] On 19 August 2024, Sebbens was named as part of the cast for the Australian adaptation of The Office. [14]

  9. Wayne Blair (director) - Wikipedia

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    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.