

The Coolbaroo Club
1996-03-01 · 53 min · Not rated
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.
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- Directors
- Roger Scholes
- Production companies
- Annamax Media, Ronin Films, Coolbaroo Club Productions
- Countries
- Australia
- Status
- Released
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