Colony (2007)
35m
Running Time
January 1, 2007Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay
Self - Former Batanagar Resident / Translator

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

Václav Sýkora
Self - Pioneer, Bata

Mary Duffus
Self - Former Factory Worker, Bata

Michal Janský
Self - Managing Director, Bata Central Europe

Pavel Hajný
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

Mieke Bal
Producer / Associate Editor / Translator / Camera Operator

Thomas Sykora
Camera Operator / Translator

Gary Ward
Editor / Camera Operator

Michelle Williams
Director / Associate Editor / Camera Operator

Zen Marie
Camera Operator
