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The Land of the Enlightened

2016 • 1h23m Documentary

Rating

6.0/10

Popularity

1

A group of Kuchi children are living in a minefield around Bagram airfield, Afghanistan. They dig out anti-personal mines in order to sell the explosives to child workers mining in a Lappis Lazulli mine. The trajectory of the blue precious stones goes towards Tajikistan and China, through an area controlled by child soldiers. When they are not waging their own mini-wars in the daily madness of life in Afghanistan, the children are fleeing away in their personal fantasies and dreams, while the American soldiers are planning their retreat...

Details

Director

Pieter-Jan De Pue

Screenplay

Pieter-Jan De Pue

Cast

Gholam Nasir

Khyrgyz Baj

Zulfu

Release date

3/16/2016

Status

Released

Origin country

IE

US

Vote count

14