The Coolbaroo Club

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.

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
53 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
53 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Mar 1, 1996
Season
1996
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0
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0
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0
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Producers
Annamax Media, Ronin Films, Coolbaroo Club Productions
Genres
Documentary
Country
AU

Tags

indigenous50%australian outback50%aboriginal50%

Description

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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Japanese

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