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
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
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