The Sapphires director Wayne Blair joins team behind Indigenous series The Gods of Wheat Street

The Sapphires director Wayne Blair will be one of a trio of directors working on a new Indigenous drama The Gods of Wheat Street to screen on ABC1.

Today marks the first day of production on Northern NSW set for the six by one hour series.

Produced by Every Cloud Productions, and written by Jon Bell, joining Blair in directing is Satellite Boy’s Catriona McKenzie and Boxing for Palm Island’s Adrian Wills.

The Gods of Wheat Street tells the story of Odin Freeburn, the head of a Freeburn clan, struggling to keep the family together.