Tongpan

    Tongpan
    1977

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Ong-art PonethonTongpan
    • Phomhom PilasombatTongpan's Wife
    • Ruengyos SrisorodsakulCollege Student
    • Khamsing SrinawkAcademic at Seminar
    • Sane ChamarikSpeaker at Seminar
    • Peter BellHydro-electricity Expert at Seminar
    • Sulak SivaraksaSeminar Participant
    • Surachai ChantimatornMinstrel

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