Documentary: El escritor de un país sin librerías

El escritor de un país sin librerías

Presents the protagonist, Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (Guinea Ecuatorial). Direction: Marc Serena Duration: 1:20 h.Equatorial Guinea is a young country. It gained independence from Spain 52 years ago and has now become one of the most isolated states in Africa. We are accompanied by its most translated writer, Juan Tomás ÁvilaLaurel, who in 2011 had to take refuge in Spain for denouncing the dictatorship of Teodoro Obiang, considered one of the most repressive in the world. Through his books, we enter a corner of Africa where we find some of the most invisible victims of Franco’s regime and which, even now, suffers the consequences of two centuries of colonial domination. A film that combines animation, archive images and music by the country’s most international singer, Concha Buika.