The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores (2019)

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.

Released Dec. 13, 2019 81 min None+

Genres: Documentary, History

Keywords: tmdb.colonialism, tmdb.portrait-of-an-artist, tmdb.west-africa, tmdb.african-history, tmdb.equatorial-guinea, tmdb.african-dictator, tmdb.political-activism

Production Companies: Fora de Quadre, Toned Media

Country: Spain
Production Country: Spain
Languages: English, Spanish