RAIDERS OF THE SULU SEA (SUMMARY)

 A Historiography documentary film depicting the Southeast

Asia flourishing free trading in the area.
 Adverse effects/ retaliation when Spaniards wanted to control the economy
as well as to colonize and christianize
 Depicting how the Spaniards defended the city with the Fort Pilar
 Showed what was claimed then as pirates of the Sulu Sea from Mindanao,
Philippines
 How these raiders were actually plying their trade before and during the
Spanish colonization of the Philippines.

Narciso Caveria y Zaldua (1844-1849)

-Was a spanish army officer who served as the governor-general of the Philippines.

CONTRIBUTORS OF THE FILM

1. Icelle Gloria Estrada
 She is an art historian in Zamboanga, a direct descendant of Vicente Alvarez,
and does an extensive research in the arts and culture of Zamboanga.
 She is one of Zamboanga City’s premiere artist.
 A true Filipina painter & sculptor
 She is currently working as an executive assistant in the office of the City Mayor,
and is overlooking the City Hall restoration.
 She writes a weekly arts column
 She does extensive research in the arts and culture of Zamboanga

 She is one of Zamboanga city's premiere artist, a true Filipina painter and
sculptor, with a style that is as varied as her other talents.
 She is currently working as an executive assistant in the office of the city mayor,
and is overlooking the city hall restoration. She also writes a weekly arts column,
and does extensive research in the arts & culture of zamboanga.
 An art historian in Zamboanga, a direct descendant of Vicente Alvarez, and does
an extensive research in the arts and culture of Zamboanga.

2. Dr. Samuel Tan

- Sama-tausug-Chinese Filipino born, an authority on the issue of Moro history, armed
struggle and quest for self-determination.
- Historian National Historical Institute
-He divides Filipino cultural communities into three main groups- the MOROS, the
Indios, Infieles
 3. Barbara Watson Andaya
- Historian National University of Singapore
- Prof. Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii with a specialization in southeast Asian
History

 She is professor of Asian studies at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and

director of the center for southeast Asian studies. In 2005–2006 she was
president of the American association of Asian studies. Educated at the
university of Sydney (BA, dip. Ed.),
 She taught in a high school before receiving her MA at the university of Hawai’i
(MA) and her Ph.D at Cornell University with a specialisation in Southeast Asian
history.

4. Dr. Julius Bautista

- He is an anthropologist with an interest in religious practice in Asia, with a focus
on Christian iconography, religious piety, performance and the relationship
between religion and the state.
- His Current Position was an Associate Professor in the Research Dep’t
- Historian Asia Research Institute National University of Singapore

 Historian Asia Research Institute National University of Singapore

 An anthropologist with an interest in religious practice in Asia, with a focus on
Christian iconography, religious piety, performance and the relationship between
religion and the state.
 He studied Anthropology, Southeast Asian studies, religious studies and social
coexistence.

5. Dr. Margarita Cojuangco

-Fullname: Margarita delos Reyes Cojuangco
- Born in Quezon City, Rizal, Commonwealth of the Philippines on April 29, 1944
- Governor; her current occupation
- Author: KRIS OF VALOR

 Author of Kris of Valor (1993)Civic/Non Government/ people/

Voluntary organizations involvement:
- President, national defense college of the philippines alumni association( 1984 to
1986)
- Member, board of trustees, Colegio de san Agustin, Makati ( 1993 to present)
- Honorary member, Philippine Military Academy “matikas” class 1983 ( 1995 to
present)
 6. Halman Abubakar
 He is a Tausug descendant and town councilor of Jolo, promotes indigenous
martial arts "Silat" - historic and significant on Tausug bladed weapons and
shares the sentiments of his people by resenting the characterization of Western
Colony and Filipino historiography as "pirates"

BACKGROUND OF THE FILM

They were known in history as brutal savages, fearless slaves raiders and above
all-pirates. Hailing from the Sulu Sea region in the Southern regions of the Philippines,
Borneo, Java, the Straits of Malacca and all over South East Asia in the search for
human cargo to feed the growing demands of the slave trade in the 16th to 19th century.
The wielded deadly weapons, were well organized and built formidable fast warships
that ran circles around the bigger and heavier Western ships. These men, either
sanctioned by their respective Sultanates or their own tribal leaders, defied colonial
occupation and rule, instigating a wave of terror throughout the archipelago for more tan
300 years. But there is evidence that they were not merely the savages they were made
out to be. Some historians have argued that these were indigenous people merely
defending their way of life from the conquering colonial forces. Others have said that we
need to put this violence and slave raids into the proper foe. It is also a story of how
these men who lived by the sword, eventually died by it.

CONTENT ANALYSIS
A Historiography Documentary film focusing on Zamboanga City depicting how
the Spaniards defended the city with the Fort Pilar as Spain’s last stronghold and
bastion of defense and economic expansion in the Southeast Asian flourishing free
trading in the area and the adverse effects and repercussions when Europeans such as
the English, Dutch, and Spanish wo wanted to control the economy as well to colonize
and Christianize.
 The film focuses on the slave raiding as retaliation on colonizers-the
sophisticated ancient maritime vessels such as the Lanong, Garay and the
Salisipan and tools of war such as the Barong, Kris, and the Kampilan and the
well-organized forces that is launched for slave raiding the coasts of Mindanao,
Visayas, and Luzon.
 It focused on the fate of the Captured Balangingi Leader called Panglima Taupan
and was made to work in the Tobacco Plantation-and his descendants who went
back to Zamboanga and settled in the outskirts of Taluksangay with the surname
Dela Cruz Nuno-Maas Nuno, the ancestor of the present Nuno clan of
Zamboanga.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVE

- A historiograpy ducumentary film

RELEVANCE TO CONTEMPORARY TIMES

 It serves as a way of enlightenment in the contemporary times were they will
know the traditions of every colonizers who came in our country.
 Source of information that can compare and scrutinize in the early times.