The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores
2019•1h 21m•6.4•Released
DocumentaryHistory
The ruthless dictator Teodoro Obiang has ruled Equatorial Guinea with an iron hand since 1979. Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel is the most translated Equatoguinean writer, but he had to flee the country in 2011, after starting a hunger strike denouncing the crimes of the dictatorship. Since then, he has lived in Spain, feeling that, despite the risks, he must return and fight the monster with words.
Director
Marc Serena
Writer
Marc Serena
Languages
English, Spanish
Studio
Fora de Quadre
Cast
Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
Self - Narrator / Writer
Negro Bey
Self - Singer
Manuel Carrero Blanco
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Teodoro Obiang Nguema
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Teodoro Nguema Obiang
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Production
Company
Fora de Quadre
Company
Toned Media
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