
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.

as Self - Former Batanagar Resident

as Self - Former Superintendent, Bata

as Self - Archival Footage

as Self - Director, Bata Foundation Czech Republic

as Self - Board of Directors, Bata

as Self - Pioneer, Bata

as Self - Former Factory Worker, Bata

as Self - Managing Director, Bata Central Europe

as Self - Historian

as Self - Former Manager, Bata

as Self - Employee, Bata

as Self - Activist

as Self - Former Batanagar Resident

as Self - Former Chief Engineer, Bata

as Self - Assistant Manager, Bata

as Self - Quality Control Manager, Bata