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Bata-ville: We Are Not Afraid of the Future

20051h 33mKaren Guthrie,Nina Pope
IMDb 7.7

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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.

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What is Bata-ville: We Are Not Afraid of the Future (2005) about?

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…

Who stars in Bata-ville: We Are Not Afraid of the Future?

Bata-ville: We Are Not Afraid of the Future stars Karen Guthrie (Self), Nina Pope (Self). The film was directed by Karen Guthrie.

How long is Bata-ville: We Are Not Afraid of the Future?

Bata-ville: We Are Not Afraid of the Future has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 2005.

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