Self - Former Batanagar Resident
Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay
Self - Former Batanagar Resident
Colony
“Can paternalism survive a globalised economy?”
2007
35m
Documentary
Director: Michelle Williams
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.
Cast
Self - Former Superintendent, Bata
Ashim Chatterjee
Self - Former Superintendent, Bata
Self - Archival Footage
Tomáš Jan Baťa
Self - Archival Footage
Self - Director, Bata Foundation Czech Republic
Pavel Velev
Self - Director, Bata Foundation Czech Republic
Self - Board of Directors, Bata
Sonja Baťa
Self - Board of Directors, Bata
Self - Pioneer, Bata
Václav Sýkora
Self - Pioneer, Bata
Self - Former Factory Worker, Bata
Mary Duffus
Self - Former Factory Worker, Bata
Self - Managing Director, Bata Central Europe
Michal Janský
Self - Managing Director, Bata Central Europe
Self - Historian
Pavel Hajný
Self - Historian
Self - Former Manager, Bata
Sushant Rakshit
Self - Former Manager, Bata
Self - Employee, Bata
Ranjit Das Sharma
Self - Employee, Bata
Self - Activist
Adhrishya Kumar
Self - Activist
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