The Land of the Enlightened
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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...
| Released | Mar 16, 2016 |
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| Runtime | 1h 23min |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Actor | Gholam Nasir, Khyrgyz Baj, Zulfu |
| Director | Pieter-Jan De Pue |
| Production | Sciapode |