The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores (2019)

12/13/2019 (ES) • 1h 21m

Documentary, History

Overview

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.

Top Billed 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)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

political activism

colonialism

portrait of an artist

west africa

african history

equatorial guinea

african dictator

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