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The Coolbaroo Club

Mar 1, 1996 · 53m
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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.

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CAST

Christopher Robin Bodney
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Eileen Clarke
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Frank Bropho
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Gladys Bropho
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Helena Murphy
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Joan Penny
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Nora PIckett
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Roma Loo
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Directed by Roger Scholes

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Annamax Media, Ronin Films, Coolbaroo Club Productions
Country
US, AU

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