The Dissident
The untold story of the murder that shook the world.
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Jamal Khashoggi
as Self (archive footage)
Omar Abdulaziz
as Self - Interviewee
Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud
as Self (Footage)
İrfan Fidan
as Self - Public Prosecutor
Agnès Callamard
as Self - Interviewee
Hatice Cengiz
as Self - Interviewee
John O. Brennan
as Self - Interviewee
Fahrettin Altun
as Self - Interviewee
Anthony J. Ferrante
as Self - Interviewee
Abdulhamit Gul
as Self - Interviewee
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Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
Mar 9, 2021
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 history, interviews with Jamal’s family and friends, and unprecede…
rsanek
Sep 21, 2021
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 just decide to hack the richest man in the world, all with softwa…
