Tongpan

Description

The British Film Institute calls Tongpan "One of the most important "third world" films of the decade. It is based on the real life experience of a farmer from the poverty-stricken Northeast region of Thailand. Tongpan and his family are forced off their land when a dam built nearby caused their farm to be flooded and left it parched in the dry.

Runtime

60 min

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

[2014], c1994

Database

Films on Demand

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