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.

Cast

Ong-art Ponethon

Ong-art Ponethon

as Tongpan

Phomhom Pilasombat

Phomhom Pilasombat

as Tongpan's Wife

Ruengyos Srisorodsakul

Ruengyos Srisorodsakul

as College Student

Khamsing Srinawk

Khamsing Srinawk

as Academic at Seminar

Sane Chamarik

Sane Chamarik

as Speaker at Seminar

Peter Bell

Peter Bell

as Hydro-electricity Expert at Seminar

Sulak Sivaraksa

Sulak Sivaraksa

as Seminar Participant

Surachai Chantimatorn

Surachai Chantimatorn

as Minstrel

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