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The Land of the Enlightened  (2016)
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...
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Keywords
hybrid
afghanistan
docudrama

Casts

Gholam Nasir
Himself
Khyrgyz Baj
Himself
Zulfu
Himself
Noor
Himself

Crews

Bart Van Langendonck
Bart Van Langendonck
Producer
Femke Wolting
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
Pieter-Jan De Pue
Director of Photography
Pieter-Jan De Pue
Pieter-Jan De Pue
Director
Pieter-Jan De Pue
Pieter-Jan De Pue
Writer
Alain Dessauvage
Alain Dessauvage
Editorial Consultant

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