The Coolbaroo Club
The Coolbaroo Club

The Coolbaroo Club

March 01, 1996 | 53 min

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.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Christopher Robin Bodney

Naomi Scott

Eileen Clarke

Naomi Scott

Frank Bropho

Naomi Scott

Gladys Bropho

Naomi Scott

Helena Murphy

Naomi Scott

Joan Penny

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