Film

The Dissident

2020 · 1h 59m · Documentary

The untold story of the murder that shook the world.

IMDb

7.8

Rotten Tomatoes

96%

Metacritic

81

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.

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

• Bryan FogelDirector · Writer · Producer
• Mark MonroeWriter · Producer
• Jake SwantkoProducer
• Thor HalvorssenProducer
• James LecheEditor
• Wyatt RogowskiEditor
• Scott D. HansonEditor
• Avner ShiloahEditor

THE DISSIDENT | Official Trailer | Coming Soon

Release date

December 25, 2020

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

PG-13

Revenue

$57,000

Genres

Documentary

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