The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores

2019

81 min

6.4

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Documentary, History

Director

Marc Serena

Country

Spain

Cast & Crew

Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel

Negro Bey

Manuel Carrero Blanco

Teodoro Obiang Nguema

Teodoro Nguema Obiang

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The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores

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.

  • Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel

  • Negro Bey

  • Manuel Carrero Blanco

  • Teodoro Obiang Nguema

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