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.
| Title | Colony |
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| Release Date | Jan 01, 2007 |
| Genres | Documentary, |
| Production Company | Cinema Suitcase |
| Production Countries | Czech Republic, India, United Kingdom |
| Casts | Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay, Ashim Chatterjee, Tomáš Jan Baťa, Pavel Velev, Sonja Baťa, Václav Sýkora, Mary Duffus, Michal Janský, Pavel Hajný, Sushant Rakshit, Ranjit Das Sharma |
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Self - Former Batanagar Resident
Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay
Self - Former Superintendent, Bata
Ashim Chatterjee
Self - Archival Footage
Tomáš Jan Baťa
Self - Director, Bata Foundation Czech Republic
Pavel Velev
Self - Board of Directors, Bata
Sonja Baťa
Self - Pioneer, Bata
Václav Sýkora
Self - Former Factory Worker, Bata
Mary Duffus
Self - Managing Director, Bata Central Europe
Michal Janský
Self - Historian
Pavel Hajný
Self - Former Manager, Bata
Sushant Rakshit
Self - Employee, Bata
Ranjit Das Sharma
Self - Activist
Adhrishya Kumar
Self - Former Batanagar Resident
Susmita Adhikari
Self - Former Chief Engineer, Bata
Nepal Chandra Ganguly
Self - Assistant Manager, Bata
Biplab Karmakar
Self - Quality Control Manager, Bata
Jyotindra Chakravarty