The Coolbaroo Club

The Coolbaroo Club 1996 Released

Directed by Roger Scholes

Documentary · 53 min

 

The Coolbaroo Club 1996 Released

Directed by Roger Scholes

Documentary · 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,... see more

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,... see more

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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Mar 1, 1996
COUNTRY
US, AU
LANGUAGE
EN
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BUDGET
N/A
REVENUE
N/A