The Dissident
2020 | USA | 119 mins | M, Violence & content that may disturb
- Director: Bryan Fogel (‘Icarus’)]
- Writer: Mark MonroeBryan Fogel
- Cast: Jamal Khashoggi, Omar Abdulaziz, Agnès Callamard, Hatice Cengiz
- Documentary
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Fogel proves that he is a major documentary storyteller with his completely shocking and gripping follow-up “The Dissident,” which assembles all of the many pieces behind Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination into a comprehensive narrative…
RogerEbert.com
The director of Oscar-winning documentary Icarus lays out the facts behind the killing and cover-up of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul – a mystery that made headlines around the world.
Bryan Fogel’s powerful documentary about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi Arabian Washington Post journalist, is an eye-opening thriller brew of corruption, cover-up, and real-world courage.
Variety
This is a documentary both tragic and poignant, not to mention maddening in that only a few underlings, and not the perpetrators, will pay for the crime committed in Istanbul. The evidence is all here for the world to see.
Hollywood Reporter