Tongpan (1977)
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.
Directors:
Euthana Mukdasanit, Surachai Chantimatorn, Paijong Laisagoon, Rassamee Phaoluangthong.
Writers:
Witthayakon Chiangkun, Paijong Laisagoon, Khamsing Srinawk.
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Ong-art Ponethon as Tongpan |
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Phomhom Pilasombat as Tongpan's Wife |
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Ruengyos Srisorodsakul as College Student |
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Khamsing Srinawk as Academic at Seminar |
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Sane Chamarik as Speaker at Seminar |
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Peter Bell as Hydro-electricity Expert at Seminar |
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Sulak Sivaraksa as Seminar Participant |
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Surachai Chantimatorn as Minstrel |
| Directing | Euthana Mukdasanit | Director |
| Editing | Paijong Laisagoon | Editor |
| Camera | Frank Green | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Surachai Chantimatorn | Director |
| Directing | Paijong Laisagoon | Director |
| Directing | Rassamee Phaoluangthong | Director |
| Production | Mike Morrow | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Witthayakon Chiangkun | Screenplay |
| Writing | Paijong Laisagoon | Screenplay |
| Writing | Khamsing Srinawk | Screenplay |
| Sound | Surachai Chantimatorn | Original Music Composer |
