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.
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Music
Music by Caravan
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Frank Green
Details
- Writers
- Witthayakon ChiangkunScreenplay
- Khamsing SrinawkScreenplay
- Paijong LaisagoonScreenplay
- Original title
- ทองปาน
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 1, 1977
- Original language
- Thai
- Countries
- Thailand
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