- nowhere is the challenge of preservation more pressing than on rattanakosin island, bangkok's historical district where neighbourhoods stubbornly try to survive, counting on citizens to take a stand for local values. [mikael colville-andersen] we're here with the crew. we just got out of the van. it's all very suspicious-looking because we're not supposed to film here. the military junta has dictated where we can and cannot film. - pom mahakan is a micro village located on the edge of rattanakosin island. its residents are faced with what i'd call a pretty big problem: they're told they can no longer live here. but hey, they do. and more importantly, they call this place home. [mikael colville-andersen] everything we see here will be bulldozed by the authorities. exactly. because they want to clean bangkok. they want to make a public space. and the government's definition of a public space is just a park. a park? just a park. o.k. no life, no people, no families. no life, no people, yeah. here they are! - sanon doesn't live in this neighbourhood, but he is truly concerned about the futur