The Land of the Enlightened
The Land of the Enlightened
The Land of the Enlightened at FMovies. 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
- Country: Belgium, Afghanistan, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany
- Director: Pieter-Jan De Pue
- Cast: Gholam Nasir, Khyrgyz Baj, Zulfu, Noor,
