The Sapphires

It’s 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when they entertain the US troops in Vietnam as singing group The Sapphires.

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Credits

director

Wayne Blair

producer

Gordon Westman

Kylie du Fresne

Rosemary Blight

production company

Goalpost Pictures

production design

Melinda Doring

writer

Keith Thompson

Tony Briggs

Duration

01:43:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

2012

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-110146

Language

English

Collected

453 times

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Australia, 2012