The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores

Marc Serena
2019-12-13


6.4
81 min

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

Name Character Team
Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel Self - Narrator / Writer Unowned
Negro Bey Self - Singer Unowned
Manuel Carrero Blanco Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned
Teodoro Nguema Obiang Self - Politician (archive footage) Unowned