The Coolbaroo Club (1996)

The Coolbaroo Club

1996

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Roger Scholes

Cast

Christopher Robin Bodney as Self

Eileen Clarke as Self

Frank Bropho as Self

Gladys Bropho as Self

Helena Murphy as Self

Joan Penny as Self

Nora PIckett as Self

Roma Loo as Self