The Sapphires (2012)

Plot: 1968. The aborigines in Australia have recently been granted full citizenship rights in the country, but are still largely treated as second class by the white majority as witnessed by what happens to young adult sisters Gail, Cynthia and Julie - whose family has long lived on the Cummeragunja Reserve - at a local talent contest, where they are clearly the most talented but where they are all but ignored. Who can see their talent is the show's Caucasian emcee, Dave Lovelace, a failed musician who drowns all his life failures too often with booze. So when Julie, the most talented and ambitious but perhaps the most naive of the sisters, suggests they all collaborate to audition to perform for the US troops in Vietnam, they all agree, they deciding to include their cousin Kay, who was part of the stolen generation that was taken away by the white authorities to live as white because of her fair skin, but who ultimately decided to stay away on her own volition. However, Dave knows that they have to put together a true act as opposed to the girls just standing and singing the country and western songs to which they are most attuned. Not because it is the music to which he is most attracted but because it's what American audiences expect from dark skinned girls, Dave transforms them into a girl soul group. They pass the audition, but are not prepared either for the constant need to prove themselves while in Vietnam or for the conditions of it being a war zone. But what may ultimately be their professional failing is their own differences, including those differences with Dave. Gail, arguably the weakest performer of the four females but who has always been the de facto leader as the oldest, and Dave are the one most often butting heads, but the old adage may be true that there is a fine line between love and hate.