Colony

35m

0

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

Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay

Self - Former Batanagar Resident

Ashim Chatterjee

Self - Former Superintendent, Bata

Tomáš Jan Baťa

Self - Archival Footage

Self - Director, Bata Foundation Czech Republic

Self - Board of Directors, Bata

Václav Sýkora

Self - Pioneer, Bata

Self - Former Factory Worker, Bata

Self - Managing Director, Bata Central Europe

Self - Historian

Sushant Rakshit

Self - Former Manager, Bata

Ranjit Das Sharma

Self - Employee, Bata

Adhrishya Kumar

Self - Activist

Susmita Adhikari

Self - Former Batanagar Resident

Nepal Chandra Ganguly

Self - Former Chief Engineer, Bata

Biplab Karmakar

Self - Assistant Manager, Bata

Jyotindra Chakravarty

Self - Quality Control Manager, Bata

Crew

Michelle Williams

Director, Camera Operator, Associate Editor

Editor, Camera Operator

Producer, Camera Operator, Translator, Associate Editor

Camera Operator

Camera Operator, Translator

Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay

Magda Van Duijkeren-Hrabova