The Coolbaroo Club

The Coolbaroo Club

1996
0h 53m
Movie
Documentary

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

Writers

Roger Scholes, Steve Kinnane, Lauren Marsh

Status

Released

Original Language

English

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Production

Annamax Media
Ronin Films
Coolbaroo Club Productions
Top Billed

Cast

Christopher Robin Bodney

Christopher Robin Bodney

Self

Eileen Clarke

Eileen Clarke

Self

Frank Bropho

Frank Bropho

Self

Gladys Bropho

Gladys Bropho

Self

Helena Murphy

Helena Murphy

Self

Joan Penny

Joan Penny

Self

Nora PIckett

Nora PIckett

Self

Roma Loo

Roma Loo

Self

Shirley Corunna

Shirley Corunna

Self

Thomisha Passmore

Thomisha Passmore

Self

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