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Colony (2007)
Directed by Michelle Williams
“Can paternalism survive a globalised economy?”
Documentary · 35m
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.
Cast
M
Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay
Self - Former Batanagar Resident
A
Ashim Chatterjee
Self - Former Superintendent, Bata
T
Tomáš Jan Baťa
Self - Archival Footage
P
Pavel Velev
Self - Director, Bata Foundation Czech Republic
S
Sonja Baťa
Self - Board of Directors, Bata
V
Václav Sýkora
Self - Pioneer, Bata
M
Mary Duffus
Self - Former Factory Worker, Bata
M
Michal Janský
Self - Managing Director, Bata Central Europe
Pavel Hajný
Self - Historian
S
Sushant Rakshit
Self - Former Manager, Bata
R
Ranjit Das Sharma
Self - Employee, Bata
A
Adhrishya Kumar
Self - Activist
Crew
- Director
- Michelle Williams
- Editor
- Gary Ward
- Producer
- Mieke Bal
Details
- Release date
- 2007-01-01
- Runtime
- 35m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- Czech Republic, India, United Kingdom
- Production
- Cinema Suitcase