Deborah Mailman & Shari Sebbens The Sapphires Interview
Deborah Mailman &
Shari Sebbens explain how muh fun it was to celebrate
Aboriginal women in
The Sapphires.
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Chris O'Dowd http://youtu.be/Yp2iwTEymPg
Jessica Mauboy &
Miranda Tapsell http://youtu.be/Fp-kVSZp8Ks & director
Wayne Blair http://youtu.be/dWvaKNF_tLg
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The Sapphires stars Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens, Miranda Tapsell,
Tory Kittles and
Eka Darville, and is directed by Wayne Blair. The Sapphires trailer preview clip spoiler soundtrack and teaser http://youtu.be/6Ljho1cyEfg
About Deborah Mailman
Deborah Mailman was the first Aboriginal woman to win the
AFI Best Actress Award. She won in
1998 for her performance in the feature film
Radiance . Deb has since won two more
AFI Awards, for
Best Supporting Actress for her
Bran Nue Dae (2009) and for
Best Guest or Supporting
Actress in a television drama for
Offspring (
2011), and she was nominated for her much loved work on the series
The Secret Life of Us, a role for which she was twice awarded Most
Outstanding Actress In A
Drama Series at the
Logies (
2002 and 2004).
Deb appeared in
Phillip Noyce's film
Rabbit-Proof Fence, was part of
The Actors Company for the
Sydney Theatre Company (2006-2007), and has had roles in
The Alice,
Rush,
The Book of Revelation and
Monkey's
Mask. Deb is also a talented writer and director, winning the
IF Award for Best
Short Film for
Ralph, produced by
Goalpost Pictures'
Jessie Mangum.
Deb also appeared in the original stage production of The Sapphires.
GAIL played by Deborah Mailman
Gail is the oldest
Sapphire. She has a tough love approach and pushes her sisters to make the most of their talents. Their bossy self-appointed manager, she is stern, to the
point and will never take a backward step. She just needs to let go.
About Shari Sebbens
Shari is a proud
Bardi, Jabirr-Jabirr woman born and raised in
Darwin; she is one of six children, aunty to 14 and great aunt to 1. At 19 Shari was one of ten young artists chosen for "
SPARK", the
Australia Council for the Arts first theatre mentorship program. After 20 years desperately wanting to escape the humid north for bigger and better things she was accepted into
WAAPA where she completed a one year, certificate 3 course in Aboriginal
Theatre.
At the end of the year she auditioned for and was accepted into
NIDA. Shari has always had a passion for
Indigenous theatre and through her training and opportunities' at NIDA and exposure to
Sydney's art scene she has (further) developed her love for
Shakespeare and film and television. The Sapphires is her first film role.
KAY played by Shari Sebbens
Kay is the level headed one. She is intelligent, caring, and strong. And, after a distance from her cousins for a number of years following her forced removal from her family as a child, she is still coming to terms of who she is. A lonely soul, she is looking for something or someone to replace the emptiness inside of her.
Songs from the film:
Run Through
The Jungle
Ngarra Burra Ferra
In
The Sweet By And By
Yellow Bird
Mornington
Ride
Soul Man
Sadie The Cleaning
Lady
Today I Started
Loving You Again
Burnt Biscuits
Soul Sister,
Brown Sugar
Hold On, I'm Coming
I'll Take You There
Who's Loving' You
Lonely Teardrops
Hush (
South)
Saigon '68
What A Man
Shouting Out
Love
If You Need Me
The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
Land Of
One Thousand Dances
These
Arms Of
Mine
People Make
The World A Better Place
Nha Trang Vamp
I Can't Help Myself (
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
Gotcha!
Thanks to London Film Festival http://www.bfi.org.uk/lff