The Dissident

Dec 25, 2020

1h 59m

★ 7.2

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Diamond Docs

Human Rights Foundation

The Dissident Trailers

Cast

Self (archive footage)

Jamal Khashoggi

Self - Interviewee

Omar Abdulaziz

Self (Footage)

Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud

Self - Public Prosecutor

İrfan Fidan

Self - Interviewee

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 (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Self (archive footage)

Bob Corker

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