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...
Unfortunately the movie The Land of the Enlightened is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Editing | David Dusa | Editor |
| Production | Bart Van Langendonck | Producer |
| Production | Christian Beetz | Co-Producer |
| Production | Christian Beetz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Morgan Bushe | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Denis Clohessy | Music |
| Production | Femke Wolting | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Robert Flanagan | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Stijn Deconinck | Editor |
| Camera | Pieter-Jan De Pue | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Pieter-Jan De Pue | Writer |
| Directing | Pieter-Jan De Pue | Director |
| Editing | Alain Dessauvage | Editorial Consultant |
