The Land of the Enlightened

How children master their lives in war-torn Afghanistan by engaging in ingenious commerce.

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...

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2016-03-16
  • Runtime: 83 min
  • Country: Belgium, Afghanistan, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany
  • Language: Persian, Russian, English
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 6
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