Colony

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.

• Michelle WilliamsDirector

• Maitrayee MukhopadhyaySelf - Former Batanagar Resident
• Ashim ChatterjeeSelf - Former Superintendent, Bata
• Tomáš Jan BaťaSelf - Archival Footage
• Pavel VelevSelf - Director, Bata Foundation Czech Republic
• Sonja BaťaSelf - Board of Directors, Bata
• Václav SýkoraSelf - Pioneer, Bata
• Mary DuffusSelf - Former Factory Worker, Bata
• Michal JanskýSelf - Managing Director, Bata Central Europe
• Pavel HajnýSelf - Historian
• Sushant RakshitSelf - Former Manager, Bata
• Ranjit Das SharmaSelf - Employee, Bata
• Adhrishya KumarSelf - Activist