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The Sapphires: I Can't Help Myself
Title:
The Sapphires: I Can't Help Myself
NFSA ID
1062557
Year
2012
Courtesy
Goalpost Pictures
Warnings
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.
Director
Wayne Blair
Writers
Tony Briggs, Keith Thompson
Cast
Deborah Mailman, Miranda Tapsell, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens, Chris O'Dowd
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