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.
Self - Former Batanagar Resident
Self - Former Superintendent, Bata
Self - Archival Footage
Self - Director, Bata Foundation Czech Republic
Self - Board of Directors, Bata
Self - Pioneer, Bata
Self - Former Factory Worker, Bata
Self - Managing Director, Bata Central Europe
Self - Historian
Self - Former Manager, Bata
Self - Employee, Bata
Self - Activist
Self - Former Batanagar Resident
Self - Former Chief Engineer, Bata
Self - Assistant Manager, Bata
Self - Quality Control Manager, Bata