Tongpan
Tongpan
1977
Drama Documentary
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.
Credits
Director
Euthana Mukdasanit
Paijong Laisagoon
Rassamee Phaoluangthong
Surachai Chantimatorn
Cast
Khamsing Srinawk as Academic at Seminar
Ong-art Ponethon as Tongpan
Peter Bell as Hydro-electricity Expert at Seminar
Phomhom Pilasombat as Tongpan's Wife
Ruengyos Srisorodsakul as College Student
Sane Chamarik as Speaker at Seminar
Sulak Sivaraksa as Seminar Participant
Surachai Chantimatorn as Minstrel
Crew
Frank Green (Director of Photography)
Paijong Laisagoon (Editor)
Mike Morrow (Executive Producer)
Surachai Chantimatorn (Original Music Composer)
Khamsing Srinawk (Screenplay)
Paijong Laisagoon (Screenplay)
Witthayakon Chiangkun (Screenplay)
Original Poster
Tongpan - Original Poster
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