The Sapphires
The Sapphires is an adaptation of the hugely successful stage musical of the same name.
Adapted by Keith Thompson (Clubland) and playwright Tony Briggs, The Sapphires will be directed by acclaimed actor and theatre director Wayne Blair and produced by Goalpost Pictures Australia's Rosemary Blight and Kylie du Fresne with Briggs as associate producer.
The Sapphires is inspired by the remarkable true story of Briggs' mother and her family.
The film is set in the heady days of 1968 when four talented singers, from a remote Aboriginal mission, are discovered by an unlikely talent scout.
Plucked from obscurity and branded as Australia's answer to The Supremes, The Sapphires grasp the chance of a lifetime when they're offered their first real gig - entertaining the troops in Vietnam.
For the girls, a whole new world of sex, war, politics and soul opens before them.
Starring: Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy
The Spaahires is released 7th November