The Sapphires was a fantastic movie, based around the lives of four incredible Aboriginal women who sang for the US troops in Vietnam. I have a weakness for musicals, and the vocal range of these women gave me goosebumps! I also really loved the very realistic portrayal of the relationships between the sisters, cousin, mum, dad, aunties, uncles, grandmas and grandpas. The bumbling manager was a nice touch. He’s a perfect example of the flawed hero.
Without giving too much away, The Sapphires describes the challenges faced by Aboriginal people in Australia, and how much of an uphill battle it was for them – and still is – to be respected. Watching this movie made me wonder abut the Stolen Generations – how unimaginable it is for me, but how much of a reality it is for so many Aboriginal families.
In Conversation With The Real Sapphires was a fantastic interview with the real-life heroines. Check it out!
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Raidah Shah Idil is a student counsellor, poet, writer, and creative instructor with a passion for YA (young adult), fantasy, sci-fi and detective fiction. She was born in Singapore and moved to Australia at the age of 12. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (English) and Bachelor of Science (Psychology) from the University of New South Wales in 2005.
After working as a marketing copywriter and studying the Islamic Sciences in Amman, Jordan for nearly two years, she returned to Sydney, got married, then moved to Malaysia. While working as a part-time tutor at Axiom Learning, she works as an online counsellor for Seekershub Global. She has completed her Diploma of Counselling through the Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors. Her full-time job is raising her baby daughter. Everything else is squeezed in between. Literally. Her writing has been published in The Feminist Wire, SISTERS magazine, Daily Life, Lip Mag and Venture Beat. Raidah’s poetry was recently published in the ‘Armed With Only Our Souls’ online DDFS chapbook by New York poet Caits Meissner. Her debut double-featured novel, “Finding Jamilah and the Story of Yusuf” was published by MyLegacy publications in early 2014.
In her spare time (ha), she reads, listens to audiobooks, goes on walks, and is always on the lookout for tasty noodle soup. She currently lives in a green, leafy suburb in Kuala Lumpur with her husband, three small children and mother-in-law.
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