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 of Tongpan
  • 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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