“I’m white, but my blood runs negro,” says Dave the group’s manager, played by Chris O’Dowd. While this film is loosely based on true events, it’s especially fun to see an Irish person manage a group of four Aboriginal girls, three sisters and a cousin, as they transform into a singing soul group. It was very reminiscent of “The Commitments” movie.
In addition to Chris O’Dowd (“The Bridesmaids”), the film stars Jessica Mauboy, Mianda Tapsell, Deborah Mailman and Shari Sebbens as the four girl performers. It’s 1968, and the fledgling group gets sent to Vietnam to entertain the troops.
The story about how Dave meets the girls and becomes their manager is pretty thin, but I was there for the music mostly. I just didn’t realize it was going to be performed by four black Supremes-like Aboriginal girls. I was not disappointed…neither in the entertaining storyline nor in the Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett era music.
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| Four out of five possible ticket stubs
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