Summary 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. 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. View more details
Directed : Yutthana Mukdasanit
Written : Paijong Laisagoon Mike Morrow Khamsing Srinawk
Stars : Surachai Chantimatorn Peter Bell Ong-art Ponethon Khamsing Srinork
Genres : Drama
Release date : Feb 6, 1977
Countries of origin : Thailand
Language : Thai
Production companies : Green TV
Summary 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. 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. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Feb 6, 1977
Countries of origin : Thailand
Language : Thai
Production companies : Green TV
