The Dissident (2020)
The untold story of the murder that shook the world.
119 min
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.
- Release date
- December 18, 2020
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $57,000
Trailer
Cast
- Omar Abdulaziz as Self - Blogger and Activist
- Irfan Fidan as Self - Chief Prosecutor, Istanbul
- Recep Kiliç as Self - Istanbul Forensic Police
- Wadah Khanfar as Self - Former Managing Director, Al Jazeera
- Resul Serdar Atas as Self - Director of News, TRT Arabic
- John O. Brennan as Self - Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Director 2013 - 2017
- Ayman Nour as Self - Former Egyptian Presidential Candidate
- Iyad El-Baghdadi as Self - Arab Activist and Dissident
- Shane Harris as Self - Intelligence and National Security Journalist, The Washington Post
Crew
- Jamal Khashoggi · Archive footage
- Bryan Fogel · Director
- Mark Monroe · Writer
- Bryan Fogel · Writer
- Bryan Fogel · Producer
- Thor Halvorssen · Producer
- Mark Monroe · Producer
- Jake Swantko · Producer
- Adam Peters · Composer
- Jake Swantko · Cinematographer
- Scott D. Hanson · Editor
- James Leche · Editor
- Wyatt Rogowski · Editor
- Avner Shiloah · Editor