The Pearlers is a 1949 documentary film from director Lee Robinson about the pearling industry off the coast of Broome.[1] Robinson later used a similar background for his feature King of the Coral Sea (1954).[2]
The film was released to cinemas as a support feature, which was not common at the time,[3][4] and has since come to be regarded as a minor classic of Australian documentary filmmaking.[5]
References
^Robinson, Lee (15 August 1976). "Lee Robinson" (Oral history). Interviewed by Graham Shirley. National Film and Sound Archive.
