The Pearlers is a 1949 documentary film from director Lee Robinson about the pearling industry off the coast of Broome. Robinson later used a similar background for his feature King of the Coral Sea (1954).Richard Kuipers, King of the Coral Sea at Australian Screen Online
The film was released to cinemas as a support feature, which was not common at the time,Lee Robinson interview with Albert Moran, Continuum: The Australian Journal of Media & Culture vol. 1 no 1 (1987) and has since come to be regarded as a minor classic of Australian documentary filmmaking.'Touring Australian Films 2011' at Broome Movies
References
External links The Pearlers at IMDb
The Pearlers at National Film and Sound Archive The Pearlers at Ozmovies