The Land of the Enlightened

by Pieter-Jan De Pue
  • 2016 Pieter-Jan De Pue
  • 2016 Pieter-Jan De Pue

    Synopsis

    A gang of Afghan kids from the Kuchi tribe dig out old Soviet mines and sell the explosives to children working in a lapis lazuli mine. When not dreaming of the time when American troops finally withdraw from their land, another gang of children keeps tight control on the caravans smuggling the blue gemstones through the arid mountains of Pamir.

    With: Gholam Nasir, Khyrgyz Baj, Noor & Zulfu, Koko Ewas, Koko Mullalih, Marina Golbahari, Sergei Kovinchenko, Devin A. Cleeves (U.S. Soldier) and children from Ladjewar Sho, Badachschan; Bezirk Argo, Badachschan; Nichigam, Kunar; Sudgul, Nuristan; Zurabad, Bagram

    Festivals

    2016
    sundance
    Sheffield Doc Fest
    hotDOCS Toronto
    DOCVILLE, Leuven
    Filmfest Munich
    Olympia IFF, Greece
    The Panorama of the European Film
    This Human World, Vienna
    MIFF Malatya
    MIFF LISAPAD, Minsk