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Cast

Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay

Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay

Self - Former Batanagar Resident

Ashim Chatterjee

Ashim Chatterjee

Self - Former Superintendent, Bata

Tomáš Jan Baťa

Tomáš Jan Baťa

Self - Archival Footage

Pavel Velev

Pavel Velev

Self - Director, Bata Foundation Czech Republic

Sonja Baťa

Sonja Baťa

Self - Board of Directors, Bata

Václav Sýkora

Václav Sýkora

Self - Pioneer, Bata

Mary Duffus

Mary Duffus

Self - Former Factory Worker, Bata

Michal Janský

Michal Janský

Self - Managing Director, Bata Central Europe

Pavel Hajný

Pavel Hajný

Self - Historian

Sushant Rakshit

Sushant Rakshit

Self - Former Manager, Bata

Ranjit Das Sharma

Ranjit Das Sharma

Self - Employee, Bata

Adhrishya Kumar

Adhrishya Kumar

Self - Activist

Susmita Adhikari

Susmita Adhikari

Self - Former Batanagar Resident

Nepal Chandra Ganguly

Nepal Chandra Ganguly

Self - Former Chief Engineer, Bata

Biplab Karmakar

Biplab Karmakar

Self - Assistant Manager, Bata

Jyotindra Chakravarty

Jyotindra Chakravarty

Self - Quality Control Manager, Bata

Crew

Mieke Bal

Mieke Bal

Producer

Mieke Bal

Mieke Bal

Camera Operator

Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay

Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay

Translator

Thomas Sykora

Thomas Sykora

Translator

Mieke Bal

Mieke Bal

Associate Editor

Gary Ward

Gary Ward

Camera Operator

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams

Camera Operator

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams

Associate Editor

Mieke Bal

Mieke Bal

Translator

Gary Ward

Gary Ward

Editor

Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams

Director

Zen Marie

Zen Marie

Camera Operator

Thomas Sykora

Thomas Sykora

Camera Operator

Magda Van Duijkeren-Hrabova

Magda Van Duijkeren-Hrabova

Translator

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Colony

20070.0 / 1035 min
Documentary

Overview

Can paternalism survive a globalised economy?

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.