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The Land of the Enlightened
The Land of the Enlightened

The Land of the Enlightened

Documentary
2016, BE, AF, NL, IE, DE
1h 23m

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Noor

Noor

Gholam Nasir

Gholam Nasir

Khyrgyz Baj

Khyrgyz Baj

Zulfu

Zulfu

Pieter-Jan De Pue

Pieter-Jan De Pue

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

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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...

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