Colony

Overview

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.

Directed by Michelle Williams

Top 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

S

Susmita Adhikari

Self - Former Batanagar Resident

N

Nepal Chandra Ganguly

Self - Former Chief Engineer, Bata

B

Biplab Karmakar

Self - Assistant Manager, Bata

J

Jyotindra Chakravarty

Self - Quality Control Manager, Bata

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