The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores (2019)

6.4/10 • 81 min • 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.

Cast

Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel

Self - Narrator / Writer

Teodoro Obiang Nguema

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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