Tongpan

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.

Directors

Euthana Mukdasanit, Paijong Laisagoon, Rassamee Phaoluangthong, Surachai Chantimatorn

Writers

Witthayakon Chiangkun, Khamsing Srinawk, Paijong Laisagoon

Released

January 1, 1977

Language

Thai