Overview:
When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together the clues to a brutal murder and expose a global cover up perpetrated by the very country he loved.| Status: | Released (2020-12-25) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award19 wins & 17 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $57,000 |
| Screen: | Mark Monroe, Bryan Fogel |
| Productions: | Diamond Docs, Human Rights Foundation |
| Production Countries: | Turkey, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | العربية, English, Türkçe |
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Casts
- 2399215: Jamal Khashoggi - Self (archive footage)
- 2763159: Omar Abdulaziz - Self - Interviewee
- 2346637: Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud - Self (Footage)
- 2964507: İrfan Fidan - Self - Public Prosecutor
- 2769274: Agnès Callamard - Self - Interviewee
- 2769275: Hatice Cengiz - Self - Interviewee
- 2809650: John O. Brennan - Self - Interviewee
Crews
- 1771319: Ross McDonnell - Camera Operator - Camera
- 1208891: Bryan Fogel - Director - Directing
- 1208891: Bryan Fogel - Writer - Writing
- 94816: Mark Monroe - Writer - Writing
- 94816: Mark Monroe - Producer - Production
- 1208891: Bryan Fogel - Producer - Production
- 1731972: Jake Swantko - Producer - Production
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Reviews
Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
Review text:
The grisly murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and the subsequent cover-up by the Saudi government is explored in “The Dissident,” a complex and detailed documentary from director Bryan Fogel. Through CCTV footage, social media ....
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Really well-done film. I saw the news stories but watching this does a good job of making you pause and realize how absolutely crazy it is that a state can just decide to straight murder somebody, and it's not even on their own soil. I agree that it is also insane that the Saudis can ....
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