The Dissident

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The Dissident offers little catharsis in its unflinching look at a grisly murder -- and gives no quarter in its forceful reminder of the fragility of free speech.

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Movie Info

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.
  • Rating:
    PG-13 (Disturbing/Violent Material)
  • Genre:
    documentary
  • Original Language:
    Arabic
  • Director:
    Bryan Fogel
  • Producer:
    Bryan Fogel, Thor Halvorssen, Mark Monroe, Jake Swantko
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     limited
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $40.0K
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    Diamond Docs

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Bryan Fogel
Director
Bryan Fogel
Writer
Mark Monroe
Writer
Bryan Fogel
Producer
Thor Halvorssen
Producer
Mark Monroe
Producer
Jake Swantko
Producer
David Fialkow
Executive Producer
Jim Swartz
Executive Producer
Adam Peters
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