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.
Released: Jan 01, 2007
Runtime: 35 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay, Ashim Chatterjee, Tomáš Jan Baťa, Pavel Velev, Sonja Baťa, Václav Sýkora
Crew: Mieke Bal (Producer), Thomas Sykora (Camera Operator), Mieke Bal (Associate Editor), Thomas Sykora (Translator), Gary Ward (Editor), Michelle Williams (Director)