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The Coolbaroo Club

The Coolbaroo Club

MAR 1, 1996 · 53 MIN · DIR. ROGER SCHOLES

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.

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

Crew

Writer

Steve Kinnane

Writer

Lauren Marsh

Writer

Roger Scholes

Director of Photography

Roger Scholes

Producer

Penny Robins

Producer

Stephen Kinnane

Producer

Lauren Marsh