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Bata-ville: We Are Not Afraid of the Future (2005)
Bata-ville is a bittersweet record of a coach trip to the origins of the Bata shoe empire in Zlín in the Czech Republic. Against the backdrop of regeneration in their local communities, former employees of the now-closed UK shoe factories in East Tilbury (Essex) and Maryport (Cumbria) are led on a journey that begins as a free holiday but soon becomes an opportunity for a collective imagining of what entrepreneur Tomas Bata's maxim "We are not afraid of the future" means for them in 21st century Britain.
Genres:
Documentary
Keywords: mdblist.two-actors,
imdb.monoculture,
imdb.capitalism,
imdb.industry,
imdb.factory,
imdb.capitalist,
imdb.boss + 22 more,
imdb.industrialist,
imdb.central-european-history,
imdb.central-europe,
imdb.european-history,
imdb.shoe,
imdb.entrepreneur,
imdb.czech-republic,
imdb.f-rated,
imdb.work-force,
imdb.tycoon,
imdb.industrial-town,
imdb.czechoslovakia,
imdb.czech-history,
imdb.functionalism,
imdb.travelogue,
imdb.shoemaking,
imdb.road-movie,
imdb.nostalgia,
imdb.europe,
imdb.art,
imdb.architecture,
aspectratio.1-78-1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
Runtime: 93 min.
Released: April 1, 2005
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 11+
