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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.
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.
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 ...
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.
The following television game shows were based on crossword puzzles. Pages in category "Crossword television shows" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
3.) Will & Grace (1998 - 2006) While other NBC shows dabbled in the LGBT pool, there wasn't an openly gay character at the center of a TV show. That was, until "Will & Grace" came onto the scene.
The Sapphires: Wayne Blair: The Sapphires is about four indigenous Australian women, Gail (Deborah Mailman), Julie (Jessica Mauboy), Kay (Shari Sebbens) and Cynthia (Miranda Tapsell), who are discovered by a talent scout (Chris O'Dowd), and form a music group named The Sapphires, travelling to Vietnam in 1968 to sing for troops during the war. 2013
Warwick Thornton is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer.His debut feature film Samson and Delilah won the Caméra d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and the award for Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.