378944
378944

Empire of Dust

"Two men representing two different cultures clash in the dust of the former Belgian colony, the Democratic Republic of Congo."

2011-10-18
7.1
fr 77m
Documentary
Lao Yang is head of logistics of the group. He is responsible for the equipment, building materials and food (mainly chickens) to arrive in the isolated Chinese prefab camp. The Congolese government was supposed to deliver these things but so far the team hasn't received anything. With Eddy (a Congolese man who speaks Mandarin fluently) as an intermediate, Lao Yang is forced to leave the camp and deal with local Congolese entrepreneurs, because without the construction materials the road works will cease. What follows is an endless, harsh, but absurdly funny roller coaster of negotiations and misunderstandings, as Lao Yang learns about the Congolese way of making deals.

Line Producer

Tatjana Kozar

Editor

Dieter Diependaele

Sound

Yves de Mey

Sound

Pieter Deweirdt

Producer

Bart Van Langendonck

Editor

Bram Van Paesschen

congo belgium colonisation cultural conflict democratic republic of the congo documentary drc

Status

Released

Countries

  • Belgium
  • Congo

Companies

  • Savage Film

Related Videos