The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores

The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores

6.4 2019 | 81 min

Documentary History

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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Fora de Quadre
Fora de Quadre
Toned Media
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Spain

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English Spanish
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