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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.
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. He was in the athletics team each year, and in 1985 was made Captain of ...
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. [2] [3]
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 ...
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 ...
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Hunter Djali Yumunu Page-Lochard is an Australian stage and screen actor of both Aboriginal Australian and African-American descent. He is known for his roles in the films The Sapphires (2012), Around the Block (2013) and the 2016 TV series Cleverman .
The Book of Revelation (C Skubiszewski) Feature Film Score of the Year: Nominated [22] Best Soundtrack Album: Nominated [23] 2008: Night (C Skubiszewski) Best Music for a Documentary: Won [24] "Free Falling 2" (C Skubiszewski, J Skubiszewski, Andy Baldwin, Clairanne Browne, Jules Pascoe) – Night: Best Original Song Composed for the Screen ...