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The Coolbaroo Club

1996 • 0h53m Documentary

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Documentary about "The Coolbaroo Club",  which was the only Aboriginal-run dance club in a city which practiced unofficial apartheid. During its lifetime, the Club attracted Black musicians and celebrities from all over Australia and occasionally from overseas. Although best-remembered for the hugely popular Coolbaroo dances attended by hundreds of Aborigines and their white supporters, the "Coolbaroo League", founded by Club members, ran a newspaper and became an effective political organization, speaking out on issues of the day affecting Aboriginal people.

Details

Director

Roger Scholes

Screenplay

Lauren Marsh

Steve Kinnane

Roger Scholes

Cast

Christopher Robin Bodney

Eileen Clarke

Frank Bropho

Release date

3/1/1996

Status

Released

Origin country

US

AU