Colony

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2007 · 35 min · Documentary

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.

Directed by Michelle Williams

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