
The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores (2019)
1h 21m | PG-13
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.
Director: Marc Serena
Studio: Fora de Quadre
Genre: Documentary, History
Video: 720p
Cast

Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
as Self - Narrator / Writer

Negro Bey
as Self - Singer

Manuel Carrero Blanco
as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Teodoro Obiang Nguema
as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Teodoro Nguema Obiang
as Self - Politician (archive footage)