The Land of the Enlightened

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

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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16-03-2016

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6

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14

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83 min

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English, Persian, Russian

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Pieter-Jan De Pue

Pieter-Jan De Pue

Pieter-Jan De Pue is a Belgian photographer and independent filmmaker. He's a graduate of RITS School of Arts in Brussels, Belgium.
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