Lyrical Prose by Toeti Heraty Executive Producer: Dr. Inda Citraninda Noerhadi Director: Fendi Siregar Screenwriter: Linda Christanty Music Composer: Ananda Sukarlan Art Director: Gembong Hardian Narrator: Christine Hakim Color, HD, Indonesian Language, English Subtitles, 29 minutes, 2023 Film Synopsis: Rainha Boki Raja, or Boki Nukila, was the daughter of the Sultan of Tidore, who was married to the Sultan of Ternate, […]
Lyrical Prose by Toeti Heraty
Executive Producer: Dr. Inda Citraninda Noerhadi
Director: Fendi Siregar
Screenwriter: Linda Christanty
Music Composer: Ananda Sukarlan
Art Director: Gembong Hardian
Narrator: Christine Hakim
Color, HD, Indonesian Language, English Subtitles, 29 minutes, 2023
Film Synopsis:
Rainha Boki Raja, or Boki Nukila, was the daughter of the Sultan of Tidore, who was married to the Sultan of Ternate, Bayanullah. After Bayanullah’s death, Boki Raja led the state and government of the Sultanate of Ternate as the queen of 16th-century Ternate. She waged war against the world’s first global imperialism-colonialism force, the Portuguese, whose conquered territories spanned Asia, Africa, North America, and Latin America.
She pushed her abilities to the limit in facing the turmoil in Ternate and Tidore during the era of Western colonialism-imperialism. She also resisted the dominant patriarchal culture in the power structures and society of that time. Ternate is one of the oldest and largest maritime kingdoms centered in North Maluku, and it continues to exist to this day, with a history spanning 750 years. Since Indonesia’s independence, the Sultanate of Ternate has held the status of a cultural heritage rather than a sovereign state.
The struggle of Rainha Boki Raja as the Queen of Ternate is depicted in this documentary film, which has been broadcast across various media platforms in Indonesia. The film has been nominated for Best Short Documentary at the 2024 Indonesian Film Festival.
