If you are in the mood for something funny yet has pockets of in depth issues, than this is for you.
The Sapphires is a movie about 4 young aboriginal Australian women who wish to form a girl group in Australia- in 1968. During this time, especially in Australia, this is never heard of.
After failing a contest ( where the audience ended up voting for a White singer.. who really couldn’t sing well).. they seek out Dan Lovelace.. the contests emcee- who gets fired.
They ask him if he would be willing to be their manager and take them to Vietnam, where they would all get paying gigs to perform infront of the American troops. Well.. they do end up going.. What happens? Well, you need to find out for yourself!
If you need a study break, want to hear some good music, see members of an ethnicity rarely portrayed in cinema ( ahh.. how many of us remember seeing Aboriginal Australians in any movies? Ok well maybe the Baz Lurmann movie Australia.. that’s about it); see a war happening; romance, youth, changing times.. well, then this is the movie for you!
