The Writer From a Country Without Bookstores

The Writer From a Country Without Bookstores

81 mins | Documentary, History | Dec. 13, 2019

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.

The Writer From a Country Without Bookstores

81 mins | Documentary, History | Dec. 13, 2019

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.
Producers Fora de Quadre, Toned Media
Original title El escritor de un país sin librerías
Directors Marc Serena
Writers Marc Serena

Cast

Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel

as Self - Narrator / Writer

Negro Bey

as Self - Singer

Manuel Carrero Blanco

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Teodoro Obiang Nguema

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Teodoro Nguema Obiang

as Self - Politician (archive footage)