caring for his sick mother, he has had a distinguished career, serving the Koiari as a rural councillor, land mediator and deacon among other leadership roles – living and leading a meaningful life. “My aim is to help the people,” he said. Although no stranger to overseas travel – having been to Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Tanzania and Uganda representing the people of Sogeri – the possibility of Sine travelling to Los Angeles in the United States to attend the film’s Oscars debut in March next year has everyone pretty excited.
“Yes, we are thinking of getting him to go, it will maybe be his last trip (overseas),” Noelene said. “We are excited to see him going, and for it to be his last enjoyment.” But even more of a thrill for Sine has been telling a story of Sogeri that will be remembered for all time. “For a movie going into the Oscars, who else gets in there at the age of 83 years?” she asked. “He was just really excited to be part of the team. We told him, ‘You don’t know when you will leave us but this is your legacy. The next generation, your grandchildren who come after
you, they will not see you but they will see you in this movie. One hundred years from now people will still know there was a Sine Boboro from Sogeri, from Koiari, who lived during that World War II, and the movie will tell people your story, and they will still remember you.’” The movie, the first PNG-Indian co-production, was made with a budget of just K5.5 million partly funded by the PNG-owned The COLE Group, which runs NAFA (Native Arts and Fashion Academy) Productions in Port Moresby. The Indian partners were Akshay Parija, Silicon
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