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
