A Storm Was Coming

Synopsis

In 1904, Ësáasi Eweera, the last native Bubi leader who opposed the Spanish rule at the current island of
Bioko (Equatorial Guinea) was detained by colonial guards and forcefully taken to Santa Isabel, the
colony's capital. Imprisoned and fatally wounded, Ësáasi Eweera died three days later. His home village
was burned down and most of its inhabitants disappeared.

Director Biography

Javier Fernández Vázquez is a filmmaker, anthropologist and visual culture researcher. In 2007 he directed his first work, Señales de Indiferencia / Marks of Indifference, a fiction film which received the award to the best international short film in the Valdivia International Film Festival (Chile).