The Land of the Enlightened – 2016

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…

Director : Pieter-Jan De Pue
Cast : Gholam Nasir|Khyrgyz Baj|Noor|Zulfu
Genre : Documentary
Release Date : 3/16/2016
Country : Belgium