The Coolbaroo Club
1996•G•53m•Released
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.
Director
Roger Scholes
Writer
Roger Scholes, Steve Kinnane, Lauren Marsh
Studio
Annamax Media
Cast
Christopher Robin Bodney
Self
Eileen Clarke
Self
Frank Bropho
Self
Gladys Bropho
Self
Helena Murphy
Self
Joan Penny
Self
Nora PIckett
Self
Roma Loo
Self
Shirley Corunna
Self
Thomisha Passmore
Self
Production
Company
Annamax Media
Company
Ronin Films
Company
Coolbaroo Club Productions
Producer
Penny Robins
Producer
Stephen Kinnane
Producer
Lauren Marsh
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