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Pommahakan - People of the Fort

by COHRE (Melbourne office) last modified 2008-09-01 19:32

A short documentary by the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions about a small community in Bangkok resisting the threat of forced eviction

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Produced by Fionn Skiotis
Directed by Fionn Skiotis
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Produced 2003/12/10
Production Company Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions
Distributor COHRE
Duration 12 minutes 0 seconds
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For more than six generations, the people of Pommahakan have lived a traditional lifestyle in the bustling heart of Bangkok, preserving its sacred trees and old houses.

Now they face eviction at the hands of the city authorities, who want to turn their land into a concrete "park". The community has proposed a cheaper alternative, but the authorities refuse to listen.

Copyright 2007, COHRE. Cite/attribute Resource. cohre. (2008, September 01). Pommahakan - People of the Fort. Retrieved December 04, 2008, from EngageMedia Web site: http://www.engagemedia.org/Members/cohre/videos/Pommahakan-People_of_the_Fort.mp4. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License