Empire of Dust

Empire of Dust is a 2011 documentary film directed by Bram Van Paesschen. The film documents the workers of China Railway Seventh Group (CREC-7), a subsidiary of China Railway Group Limited (CREC), as they are contracted to construct a road between Kolwezi and Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The film follows two employees of CREC-7, head of logistics Lao Yang and interpreter Eddy, as they struggle to work with the locals due to their cultural differences.^[1][2]

Empire of Dust
Directed by	Bram Van Paesschen
Produced by	Bart Van Langendonck
Cinematography	Emmanuel Gras
Edited by	Dieter Diependaele Bram Van Paesschen
Production companies	Savage Productions Eyeworks Flanders Audiovisual Fund Media Development Programme of the EU Belgian Development Cooperation RTBF Beursschouwburg Belgian Taxshelter for Film Financing
Distributed by	Savage Film
Release date	2011 (2011)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	Belgium
Languages	French Mandarin Swahili

Awards

The film won Best Belgian Documentary at the 7th edition Docville.^[3]