
The Land of the Enlightened (2016)
6.0|16 Mar, 2016|83 min
How children master their lives in war-torn Afghanistan by engaging in ingenious commerce.
6.0|16 Mar, 2016|83 min
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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...
Keywords
hybrid
afghanistan
docudrama
Casts
Gholam Nasir
Himself
Khyrgyz Baj
Himself
Zulfu
Himself
Noor
Himself
Crews

Bart Van Langendonck
Producer

Femke Wolting
Co-Producer
Morgan Bushe
Co-Producer
Christian Beetz
Co-Producer
David Dusa
Editor
Stijn Deconinck
Editor
Denis Clohessy
Music
Robert Flanagan
Sound Designer
Christian Beetz
Executive Producer

Pieter-Jan De Pue
Director of Photography

Pieter-Jan De Pue
Director

Pieter-Jan De Pue
Writer

Alain Dessauvage
Editorial Consultant
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