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The Land of the Enlightened

Movie"How children master their lives in wartorn Afghanistan by engaging in ingenious commerce"
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The Land of the Enlightened
NR 1 hr 23 minDocumentary
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A group of Kuchi children are living in a minefield around Bagram airfield Afghanistan They dig out antipersonal 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 miniwars 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
StarringGholam NasirKhyrgyz BajZulfu
DirectorPieter-Jan De Pue
WriterPieter-Jan De Pue

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Christian Beetz
Production Companies:Sciapode Savage Film Fastnet Films Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion Submarine ZDFArte Canvas Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland IKON Eyeworks Prime
The Land of the Enlightened on the Web:Official Website
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