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The Land of the Enlightened

2016

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...

Cast & Crew

GNGN
Gholam Nasir

as Himself

KBKB
Khyrgyz Baj

as Himself

ZZ
Zulfu

as Himself

NN
Noor

as Himself

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Basic Information
Status
Released
Release Date
3/16/2016
Runtime
1 hours, 23 minutes
Original Language
EN
Financial
Budget
--
Revenue
--
Profit/Loss
--
ROI: N/A
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
Belgium (BE)
Afghanistan (AF)
Netherlands (NL)
Ireland (IE)
Germany (DE)
Spoken Languages
Persian (fa)
Russian (ru)
English (en)
Production Companies
S
Sciapode
Savage Film
Savage Film
Fastnet Films
Fastnet Films
Beetz Brothers Film Production
Beetz Brothers Film Production
Submarine
Submarine
ZDF/Arte
ZDF/Arte
C
Canvas
I
Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON)
Eyeworks
Eyeworks
P
Prime