The Land of the Enlightened

The Land of the Enlightened

en
PG-13

6.2

March 2016

Documentary

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...

Runtime:

1 hour 23 minutes

Status:

Released

Original Language:

en

Budget:

N/A

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