Truman, I Am Not Your Negro, My Life as a Zucchini, and Incendio were awarded the top prizes at the 40th Portland International Film Festival.
The Land of the Enlightened
The Land of the Enlightened
NAME OF FILM: THE LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED
DIRECTOR(S): Pieter-Jan De Pue
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: A group of Kuchi children in Afghanistan dig out old Soviet mines and sell the explosives to child workers in a lapis lazuli mine. When not dreaming of an Afghanistan after the American withdrawal, Gholam Nasir and his gang control the mountains where caravans are smuggling the blue gemstones.
