The Land of the Enlightened
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...
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Gholam Nasir, Khyrgyz Baj, Zulfu, Noor
Crew: Christian Beetz (Executive Producer), Stijn Deconinck (Editor), Christian Beetz (Co-Producer), Femke Wolting (Co-Producer), Denis Clohessy (Music)
Country: Belgium, Afghanistan, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany
Runtime: 83 minutes
Quality: HD
Release: 2016
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