The Dissident

The read

A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 96%, Metacritic 81/100. Scores higher than 85% of the 2,437 2020s documentary movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Bryan FogelDirector
• Bryan FogelWriter
• Mark MonroeWriter

Cast

• Jamal KhashoggiSelf (archive footage)
• Omar AbdulazizSelf - Interviewee
• Prince Mohammed bin Salman al SaudSelf (Footage)
• İrfan FidanSelf - Public Prosecutor
• Agnès CallamardSelf - Interviewee
• Hatice CengizSelf - Interviewee
• John O. BrennanSelf - Interviewee
• Fahrettin AltunSelf - Interviewee
• Anthony J. FerranteSelf - Interviewee
• Abdulhamit GulSelf - Interviewee
• Donald TrumpSelf (archive footage)
• Bob CorkerSelf (archive footage)

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