The Dissident (2020)

  • PG-13
  • 01/23/2020 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 59m

The untold story of the murder that shook the world.

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.

Bryan Fogel

Director, Writer

Mark Monroe

Writer

Cast

Jamal Khashoggi's headshot

Jamal Khashoggi

Self (archive footage)
Omar Abdulaziz's headshot

Omar Abdulaziz

Self - Interviewee
Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud's headshot

Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud

Self (Footage)
İrfan Fidan's headshot

İrfan Fidan

Self - Public Prosecutor
Agnès Callamard's headshot

Agnès Callamard

Self - Interviewee
Hatice Cengiz's headshot

Hatice Cengiz

Self - Interviewee
John O. Brennan's headshot

John O. Brennan

Self - Interviewee
Fahrettin Altun's headshot

Fahrettin Altun

Self - Interviewee

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