The Dissident: 'Sawing' political activism by media corporation?
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 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. The Dissident (2020)