The Dissident
Released: December 25, 2020Runtime: 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.
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Jamal Khashoggi
as Self - Murdered Washington Post Journalist
Omar Abdulaziz
as Self - Blogger and Activist
Irfan Fidan
as Self - Chief Prosecutor, Istanbul
Recep Kilic
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
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