The Sapphires

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The Sapphires has been nominated and won over 25 awards. That is an extraordinary achievement for the director Wayne Blair and his team. However is this number equivalent to the audience’s reviews and experience? Well, The Sapphires is a magnificent film. It portrays a group of Aboriginal womans struggle through conflict and the unity that their music brings to their sisterhood. The film uses two separate conflicts of the racial prejudice directed towards the Aborigine and also the war in Vietnam to illustrate ideas that racism causes conflict and suffering.The Sapphires promotes the idea that sisterhood and feelings are important.

The music used in the film creates a beautiful atmosphere and is a highlight in the many great attributes of …show more content…
They each have very unique personality’s which offers an interesting perspective to the events occurring in the film. Cynthia is a quirky spirit who is full of sunshine and humour. She lightens situations that others would find uncomfortable with her light hearted humour and quick wit. For example a scene in the film shows Gail and Cynthia on the side of an outback road, attempting to wave down a ride into town. Keyword being “attempting” because a white man driving a taxi ignores their wavering arms and speeds past them. Cynthia then then turns to Gail and asks in disbelief, “What’s his problem?” “It’s because you’re black stupid,” Gail replies emotionlessly. “No. It’s because you’re ugly,” Cynthia snarls back with a smirk. This shows Cynthia’s ability to lighten what was a racist event. The question I wonder, is Cynthia just unaware of the racist acts directed to her and her culture or is it simply a burden that she does not wish to dwell on? In my opinion it’s the latter. Gail is the leader/boss of the group or as Dave puts it “the momma bear and they’re your baby cubs.” Gail is not one to muddle her words. She tells it …show more content…
Two interesting settings are used. These are the Australian outback and the war in Vietnam. The director uses creative and interesting techniques to display each setting. The outback of Australia is an accurate presentation of life of the Aborigine. Scenes of the family working on the dusty farm, the typical old town pub and right down to the gravel road put his audience in a time warp. Real footage of the Vietnam War is a creative inclusion and adds to the great attributes within The Sapphire film. Overall the setting is captured perfectly allowing all that watch the film an accurate representation of the characters surroundings and also our ancestors who lived through the Aboriginal struggle and Vietnam War. We are able to jump into the shoes of the characters who act out a true story. This is a creative concept to think
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