The Dissident
“The untold story of the murder that shook the world.”
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.
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Cast
14 people
Jamal Khashoggi
Self (archive footage)
Bryan Fogel
Director / Producer / Writer
Known for
Race to Witch Mountain
Omar Abdulaziz
Self - Interviewee
Also in
Salam Kaka
Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud
Self (Footage)
Also in
ITV Exposure
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)
Also in
Trump: The Art of the Insult
Art of the Surge
Bryan Fogel Director · Mark Monroe Writer James Leche Editor
Worldwide gross $57K · United States release December 25, 2020 · Produced in Türkiye, United States, Canada, Saudi Arabia
Box office
Worldwide gross
$57,000
Production
Diamond Docs
Production
Human Rights Foundation
Production
Orwell Productions
Production
Türkiye · United States · Canada · Saudi Arabia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · Turkish
Release dates
United States · January 23, 2020
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · December 18, 2020
Digital
United States · December 25, 2020
Limited theatrical
Australia
April 22, 2021 · Theatrical
Canada
December 25, 2020 · Digital
Denmark
December 25, 2020 · Theatrical
France
March 15, 2021 · Digital
Germany
March 15, 2021 · Digital
Ireland
March 11, 2021 · Digital
Norway
December 25, 2020 · Digital
Spain
March 19, 2021 · Digital · Filmin
Sweden
December 25, 2020 · Limited theatrical
Switzerland
October 2, 2020 · Digital
United Kingdom
April 1, 2021 · Digital · Prime Video
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