The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores

The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores (2019)

6.4 81 min Movie
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.

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Cast

Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel Self - Narrator / Writer
Negro Bey Negro Bey Self - Singer
Manuel Carrero Blanco Manuel Carrero Blanco Self - Politician (archive footage)
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Teodoro Obiang Nguema Self - Politician (archive footage)
Teodoro Nguema Obiang Teodoro Nguema Obiang Self - Politician (archive footage)

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