The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores

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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.

Country:

Spain

Genre:

Documentary,

History

Duration:

81 minutes

Year:

2019

Director:

Marc Serena

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Company:

Fora de Quadre,

Toned Media

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)

Crew:
Marc Serena

Director

Marc Serena

Writer

Emanuele Tiziani

Editor

Verónica Font Alfaro

Sound

Josep Gutiérrez

Director of Photography