The Land of the Enlightened 2016
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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: 2016-03-16
- Runtime: 83 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Gholam Nasir, Khyrgyz Baj, Zulfu, Noor
- Director: Bart Van Langendonck, Femke Wolting, Morgan Bushe, Christian Beetz, David Dusa
