The Dissident
“The untold story of the murder that shook the world.”
2020•PG-13•1h 59m•7.3•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Bryan Fogel
Writer
Bryan Fogel, Mark Monroe
Revenue
$0M
Languages
Arabic, English, Turkish
Studio
Diamond Docs
Cast
Jamal Khashoggi
Self (archive footage)
Omar Abdulaziz
Self - Interviewee
Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud
Self (Footage)
İrfan Fidan
Self - Public Prosecutor
Agnès Callamard
Self - Interviewee
Hatice Cengiz
Self - Interviewee
John O. Brennan
Self - Interviewee
Fahrettin Altun
Self - Interviewee
Anthony J. Ferrante
Self - Interviewee
Abdulhamit Gul
Self - Interviewee
Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)
Bob Corker
Self (archive footage)
Amr Moussa
Production
Company
Diamond Docs
Company
Human Rights Foundation
Company
Orwell Productions
Producer
Thor Halvorssen
Producer
Jake Swantko
Producer
Bryan Fogel
Producer
Mark Monroe
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