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The Sapphires: I Can't Help Myself

2012

The Sapphires: I Can't Help Myself

2012

  • NFSA IDVBAWBT8Y
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormFeature Film
  • Duration1 hr, 43 mins
  • GenresMusical, Indigenous-produced, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject, Comedy, Drama
  • Year2012
  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

This clip from the final scene of The Sapphires (2012) shows the group performing back in their home town after their tour of Vietnam. They are singing the 1965 hit by the Motown group The Four Tops, 'I Can't Help Myself'.

The scene shows the four women singing on the back of a flat bed truck in a call-back to one of the opening scenes of the film when they performed as young children.

Courtesy of
Goalpost Pictures
  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

This clip from the final scene of The Sapphires (2012) shows the group performing back in their home town after their tour of Vietnam. They are singing the 1965 hit by the Motown group The Four Tops, 'I Can't Help Myself'.

The scene shows the four women singing on the back of a flat bed truck in a call-back to one of the opening scenes of the film when they performed as young children.

Courtesy of
Goalpost Pictures
  • Director
    Wayne Blair
    Writers
    Tony Briggs, Keith Thompson
    Cast
    Deborah Mailman, Miranda Tapsell, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens, Chris O'Dowd
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