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: Using never-before-seen surveillance footage and audio recordings obtained by Turkish investigators, the film provides a harrowing account of the premeditated ambush and dismemberment of Khashoggi by a 15-member Saudi hit squad.

: The documentary features intimate interviews with Khashoggi’s fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, who waited outside the consulate for him to emerge, as well as fellow dissidents like Omar Abdulaziz, a young Saudi exile living in Canada. Critical Reception and Impact The Dissident (2020)

is a powerful and unsettling documentary thriller directed by Academy Award-winner Bryan Fogel (known for Icarus ). The film investigates the 2018 assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi Arabian journalist and Washington Post columnist who was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Plot Summary and Themes The film investigates the 2018 assassination of Jamal

The film goes beyond a simple retelling of the crime, functioning as a real-life thriller that exposes a global web of deceit. It explores: The Dissident (2020)

: It highlights the role of social media in modern political suppression, detailing how the Saudi regime used "troll farms" and sophisticated spyware (like Pegasus) to monitor and harass dissidents abroad.

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