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The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores
(2019)Documentary, History
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1hrs 21m
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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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Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
** Self - Narrator / Writer
Negro Bey
** Self - Singer
Manuel Carrero Blanco
** Self - Politician (archive footage)
Teodoro Obiang Nguema
** Self - Politician (archive footage)
Teodoro Nguema Obiang
** Self - Politician (archive footage)
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