The Land of the Enlightened
The Land of the Enlightened

The Land of the Enlightened

March 16, 2016 | 83 min

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...

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Gholam Nasir

Naomi Scott

Khyrgyz Baj

Naomi Scott

Zulfu

Naomi Scott

Noor

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