Colony

Czech Republic

• 2007-01-01
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  Documentary
• ▪ 0h-35m

Can paternalism survive a globalised economy?

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.

• Mieke BalProducer

  Michelle WilliamsDirector

  Gary WardEditor

  Mieke BalAssociate Editor

  Michelle WilliamsAssociate Editor

  Mieke BalCamera Operator