The Land of the Enlightened
movie
View on VideBits →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...
Cast & crew
Gholam Nasir · Khyrgyz Baj · Noor · Zulfu · Pieter-Jan De Pue
Studios & networks
Beetz Brothers Film Production · Canvas · Eyeworks · Fastnet Films · Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON) · Prime · Savage Film · Sciapode · Submarine · ZDF/Arte