(Colony)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Czech Republic,

India,

United Kingdom

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

35 minutes

Year:

2007

Directors:

Michelle Williams

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Production companies:

Cinema Suitcase

Actors:

Self - Former Batanagar Resident

Self - Former Superintendent, Bata

Self - Archival Footage

Self - Director, Bata Foundation Czech Republic

Self - Board of Directors, Bata

Crews:

Producer

Camera Operator

Translator

Translator

Associate Editor