Colony (2007)
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.
Director: Michelle Williams
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Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay as Self - Former Batanagar Resident |
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Ashim Chatterjee as Self - Former Superintendent, Bata |
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Tomáš Jan Baťa as Self - Archival Footage |
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Pavel Velev as Self - Director, Bata Foundation Czech Republic |
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Sonja Baťa as Self - Board of Directors, Bata |
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Václav Sýkora as Self - Pioneer, Bata |
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Mary Duffus as Self - Former Factory Worker, Bata |
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Michal Janský as Self - Managing Director, Bata Central Europe |
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Pavel Hajný as Self - Historian |
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Sushant Rakshit as Self - Former Manager, Bata |
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Ranjit Das Sharma as Self - Employee, Bata |
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Adhrishya Kumar as Self - Activist |
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Susmita Adhikari as Self - Former Batanagar Resident |
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Nepal Chandra Ganguly as Self - Former Chief Engineer, Bata |
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Biplab Karmakar as Self - Assistant Manager, Bata |
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Jyotindra Chakravarty as Self - Quality Control Manager, Bata |
| Production | Mieke Bal | Producer |
| Camera | Mieke Bal | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay | Translator |
| Crew | Thomas Sykora | Translator |
| Editing | Mieke Bal | Associate Editor |
| Camera | Gary Ward | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Michelle Williams | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Michelle Williams | Associate Editor |
| Crew | Mieke Bal | Translator |
| Editing | Gary Ward | Editor |
| Directing | Michelle Williams | Director |
| Camera | Zen Marie | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Thomas Sykora | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Magda Van Duijkeren-Hrabova | Translator |
