Tongpan (1977)

Name: Tongpan
Genre: Drama
Released: 1977-01-01
Cast: Ruengyos Srisorodsakul, Peter Bell, Surachai Chantimatorn, Ong-art Ponethon, Phomhom Pilasombat

Drama

Release Date:	1977, January 1
Directors:	Surachai Chantimatorn, Euthana Mukdasanit, Paijong Laisagoon, Rassamee Phaoluangthong
Countries:	Thailand
Production:	Green TV
Cast:	Ruengyos Srisorodsakul, Peter Bell, Surachai Chantimatorn, Ong-art Ponethon, Phomhom Pilasombat, Sane Chamarik, Sulak Sivaraksa

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

politics docudrama

BigList Rating:	0
Critics Rating:	74

Tongpan (1977)

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