Tongpan (1977)
1h
Running Time
January 1, 1977Release Date
Plot.
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 & Crew.
Phomhom Pilasombat
Tongpan's Wife
Peter Bell
Hydro-electricity expert at seminar
Ruengyos Srisorodsakul
College Student
Surachai Chantimatorn
Minstrel
Ong-art Ponethon
Tongpan
Sane Chamarik
Speaker at Seminar
Euthana Mukdasanit
Director
Sulak Sivaraksa
Seminar Participant
Paijong Laisagoon
Writer
Mike Morrow
Writer
Khamsing Srinawk
Writer
Frank Green
Cinematographer
Rassamee Phaoluangthong
Director
Witthayakon Chiangkun
Screenplay
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Tongpan (Thai: ทองปาน) is a 1976 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. Because of the film's socialist message and suspected communist sympathies of the filmmakers, it was banned by the Thai government. The 63-minute film was released on VCD in Thailand in 2006.