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THE WRITER FROM A COUNTRY WITHOUT BOOKSTORES

EL ESCRITOR DE UN PAÍS SIN LIBRERÍAS

By Marc SERENA

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Documentary - Completed 2019

Writer Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel had to flee Equatorial Guinea in 2011, after going on a hunger strike against Teodoro Obiang’s dictatorship, the longest lasting in the world. Now he resides as a refugee in Spain but longs his home country.

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Valladolid 2019
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    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Social issues, Biography
    • Countries
    • SPAIN
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 79 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Marc SERENA
    • Synopsis
    • Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel is one of the most revered Central African writers. He is living in Spain as a refugee since in 2011 as he had to flee Equatorial Guinea. The country has the world’s longest lasting dictatorship and he is one of the most prominent voices against the regime. Now, he longs his home country… and needs to travel back despite of the risks. This is the story of an artist soul lost in geopolitics.
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