The Land of the Enlightened

Pieter-Jan De Pue

2016 Documentary Belgium, Ireland 87 minutes
The Land of the Enlightened
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.
Directed by : Pieter-Jan De Pue
Release date: 16 March 2016
Genre: Documentary

 

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