PG-13The Dissident

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Play Time: 119 mins
Documentary
The Dissident

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)
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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Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

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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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rsanek

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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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