The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores (2019)
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Overview : 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.
Release Date : December 13, 2019
Runtime : 81m
Genre : Documentary, History
Companies : Fora de Quadre, Toned Media
Countries : Spain
Keywords : political activism, colonialism, portrait of an artist, west africa, african history, equatorial guinea, african dictator
