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.
Ong-art Ponethon
as Tongpan
Phomhom Pilasombat
as Tongpan's Wife
Ruengyos Srisorodsakul
as College Student
Khamsing Srinawk
as Academic at Seminar
Sane Chamarik
as Speaker at Seminar
Peter Bell
as Hydro-electricity Expert at Seminar
Sulak Sivaraksa
as Seminar Participant
Surachai Chantimatorn
as Minstrel
