Movielogr
Tongpan (1977)
Directed by Euthana Mukdasanit, Paijong Laisagoon, Surachai Chantimatorn, Rassamee Phaoluangthong
Overview
Tongpan is a 1977 Thai 16 mm black-and-white docudrama that re-creates a seminar that took place in Northeast Thailand in 1975 to discuss the proposed Pa-Mong Dam on the Mekong. Interwoven are sequences depicting a poor farmer, Tongpan, who had lost his land to another dam some years before, and his struggles to make ends meet.
Length 60 minutes
Actors
Ong-art Ponethon | Phomhom Pilasombat | Ruengyos Srisorodsakul | Khamsing Srinawk | Sane Chamarik | Peter Bell | Sulak Sivaraksa | Surachai Chantimatorn