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.
Cast
Tongpan
Tongpan's Wife
College Student
Academic at Seminar
Speaker at Seminar
Hydro-electricity Expert at Seminar
Seminar Participant
Minstrel