The Land of the Enlightened

The Land of the Enlightened (2016)

Released: 2016-03-16 Duration: 1hr 23min
Genres: Documentary
Rating 6.0
How children master their lives in war-torn Afghanistan by engaging in ingenious commerce.

Overview

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...

Production Companies

Sciapode
Savage Film
Savage Film
Fastnet Films
Fastnet Films
Beetz Brothers Film Production
Beetz Brothers Film Production
Submarine
Submarine
ZDF/Arte
ZDF/Arte
Canvas
Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON)
Eyeworks
Eyeworks
Prime

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 2.459

Directed By

Pieter-Jan De Pue

Crew

Editor
David Dusa
Co-Producer
Christian Beetz
Executive Producer
Christian Beetz
Co-Producer
Morgan Bushe
Co-Producer
Femke Wolting
Sound Designer
Robert Flanagan
Director of Photography
Pieter-Jan De Pue
Editorial Consultant
Alain Dessauvage

TOP CAST

Gholam Nasir
Gholam Nasir

Himself

Khyrgyz Baj
Khyrgyz Baj

Himself

Zulfu
Zulfu

Himself

Noor
Noor

Himself

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