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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- Louisa Moore - Screen Zealotson TMDB · Mar 20216/10
The grisly murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and the subsequent cover-up by the Saudi government is explored in “The Dissident,” a complex and detailed documentary from director Bryan Fogel. Through CCTV footage, social media history, interviews with Jamal’s family and friends, and unprecedented access to video evidence from Turkish police, the film gives an insider look at the why and how of the crime. Fogel includes such a large volume of information in his documentary that it feels unfocused, as he tries to tackle too much in one sitting. Khashoggi was outspoken about his homeland of Saudi Arabia, and the government didn’t take to kindly to what they saw as his rebellious ideas for reform. The journalist was never afraid to speak his mind despite the cyber attacks, threats, and dangers he faced for doing so. He ultimately sacrificed everything for his freedom of speech. The lengths at which those in power in the Saudi government would go to silence dissidents is shocking and frightening, including creating a literal social media army to discredit anyone who disagreed. An estimated 80% of Saudis use Twitter, and social med
Read the whole review on TMDB - rsanekon TMDB · Sep 20219/10
Really well-done film. I saw the news stories but watching this does a good job of making you pause and realize how absolutely crazy it is that a state can just decide to straight murder somebody, and it's not even on their own soil. I agree that it is also insane that the Saudis can just decide to hack the richest man in the world, all with software designed and sold by a company in what's supposed to be a first-rate democracy, Israel. I appreciated that Fogel, while making sure to put his name prominently in the credits, never featured on camera (it's not even clear if he's the one talking in some of the interviews / back-and-forths). I find that sometimes documentary filmmakers can get a bit egotistical and fall prey to grating self-promotion.
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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
Crew
- Bryan FogelDirector
- Bryan FogelWriter
- Mark MonroeWriter
- Avner ShiloahEditor
- Scott D. HansonEditor
- Wyatt RogowskiEditor
- Thor HalvorssenProducer
- Jake SwantkoProducer
- Bryan FogelProducer
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