The Sapphires Us Dvd Cover

The us cover of the sapphires dvd.

The sapphires us dvd cover. The sapphires us dvd cover vile says chris o dowd. It is a story of a girl band australian aborigines who are up against institutional racism in the 1960s and who are trying to develop themselves as a group. The us release of the dvd attracted controversy as the result of the design for the dvd s cover. Selling an australian film here or abroad is never easy and while it was a bona fide hit at home taking 14 5 million the sapphires took.

It s not the story of an entertainer in a sapphire jacket who has a female backup group. The sapphires is a wonderful film about four aboriginal women battling against racism and sexism in the entertainment industry of the. The us cover of the dvd completely misses this point and in fact reinforces precisely the sort of bigotry that naomi beverly lois and laurel fought so hard against. The us cover for the sapphires relegates the four aboriginal female protagonists as monochromatic figures in the background while placing an image of irish actor chris o dowd who plays the vocal group s manager in the film front and centre.

The sapphires is a 2012 australian musical comedy drama film based on the 2004 stage play of the same name. The dvd cover of the us release of the sapphires. As i m sure you can appreciate the treatment of people of colour in australia mirrored much of the trauma to which people in the united states were subjected. A comparison between the us and australian covers of the dvd release.

G o media may get a. The irish actor on twitter yesterday said he agreed with a steady stream of negative reaction to anchor bay s dvd cover saying. The aboriginal australian women whose lives inspired the acclaimed movie the sapphires have protested at the film s us dvd cover saying its portrayal of a white male actor as the. Original members of the sapphires singing group slighted by racist us dvd cover of film based on their career tristan swanwick couriermail august 6 2013 12 00am.

The cover is misleading.