2020·Documentary·1h 59m
7.1
★
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.
Directed by Bryan Fogel
jamal khashoggi
جمال خاشقجي
المملكة العربية السعودية
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Jamal Khashoggi
Self (archive footage)
Omar Abdulaziz
Self - Interviewee
Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud
Self (Footage)
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)
Bob Corker
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Bryan Fogel
Director
Bryan Fogel
Writer
Mark Monroe
Writer
Avner Shiloah
Editor
Mark Monroe
Producer
Bryan Fogel
Producer
Ross McDonnell
Camera Operator
Popular Reviews
31 reviews
Samed
8.0★ · 03/18/26
Behind the screens, behind the tweets, there are real lives at stake
Behind the screens, behind the tweets, there are real lives at stake
Anthony Nelson
5.0★ · 03/13/24
53/100
Honestly a very intriguing story that highlights the rise of disinformation and its unintended consequences. The film provided fresh insights on the global political sphere through a riveting story of assassination.
However, the documentary really failed to bring forth new information or evidence that would have made the film more worth watching. Everything I learned from the movie is probably on Khashoggi’s Wikipedia page. Additionally, I don’t know how I feel about the dramatization and narrative they built around his death.
Honestly a very intriguing story that highlights the rise of disinformation and its unintended consequences. The film provided fresh insights on the global political sphere through a riveting story of assassination.
However, the documentary really failed to bring forth new information or evidence that would have made the film more worth watching. Everything I learned from the movie is probably on Khashoggi’s Wikipedia page. Additionally, I don’t know how I feel about the dramatization and narrative they built around his death.
53/100
Honestly a very intriguing story that highlights the rise of disinformation and its unintended consequences. The film provided fresh insights on the global political sphere through a riveting story of assassination.
However, the documentary really failed to bring forth new information or evidence that would have made the film more worth watching. Everything I learned from the movie is probably on Khashoggi’s Wikipedia page. Additionally, I don’t know how I feel about the dramatization and narrative they built around his death.
Honestly a very intriguing story that highlights the rise of disinformation and its unintended consequences. The film provided fresh insights on the global political sphere through a riveting story of assassination.
However, the documentary really failed to bring forth new information or evidence that would have made the film more worth watching. Everything I learned from the movie is probably on Khashoggi’s Wikipedia page. Additionally, I don’t know how I feel about the dramatization and narrative they built around his death.
Haley
6.5★ · 05/12/23
Bryan Fogel makes documentaries that feel more like thrillers than true stories and I hope we get many more documentaries from him in the future! I didn’t love The Dissident as much as Icarus but it was still quite good. I saw an Icarus follow up was made and I’m curious if that one touches on the Kamila Valieva situation at all. Either way, hopefully it get’s distribution soon because I’m sure it’s even crazier than Icarus.
Bryan Fogel makes documentaries that feel more like thrillers than true stories and I hope we get many more documentaries from him in the future! I didn’t love The Dissident as much as Icarus but it was still quite good. I saw an Icarus follow up was made and I’m curious if that one touches on the Kamila Valieva situation at all. Either way, hopefully it get’s distribution soon because I’m sure it’s even crazier than Icarus.
A
8.0★ · 10/19/21
Informative and terrifying
Informative and terrifying
Ori
6.0★ · 10/01/21
So THIS is why Bezos became known as a dick?! Damn
So THIS is why Bezos became known as a dick?! Damn