Colony

2007 35 min

Overview

This film explores multinational shoe company Bata’s impact on individual lives and their surroundings. The film’s aesthetic, shifting from site to site and shot to shot, offers pockets as a visual version of the bubble that was the Bata colony itself. The characters are all connected to that past. They guide the viewers through the merging of past and present in memory. The film’s colouration also evokes this mixture.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

Czech Republic
India
United Kingdom

Spoken Languages

No spoken language data available.

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Cast

Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay

Self - Former Batanagar Resident

Ashim Chatterjee

Self - Former Superintendent, Bata

Tomáš Jan Baťa

Self - Archival Footage

Pavel Velev

Self - Director, Bata Foundation Czech Republic

Sonja Baťa

Self - Board of Directors, Bata

Václav Sýkora

Self - Pioneer, Bata

Mary Duffus

Self - Former Factory Worker, Bata

Michal Janský

Self - Managing Director, Bata Central Europe

Pavel Hajný

Self - Historian

Sushant Rakshit

Self - Former Manager, Bata

Ranjit Das Sharma

Self - Employee, Bata

Adhrishya Kumar

Self - Activist

Crew

Mieke Bal

Producer

Michelle Williams

Director

Posters

External Links

Official Website