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Jamal Khashoggi, right, with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

Jamal Khashoggi, right, with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

'The Dissident' by Bryan Fogel: Everything you need to know on the murder of a journalist. Or is it?

E. Nina Rothe January 4, 2021

On October 2nd, 2018 Saudi journalist and Washington Post opinion blogger Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey never to exit it again. What happened inside could have remained a mystery except that the Turkish authorities had put into place an intricate and advanced system of surveillance on the Saudis and Khashoggi’s demise was captured in vivid sounds for all to hear. In a new documentary titled ‘The Dissident’ Oscar-winning filmmaker Bryan Fogel examines the life and death of Khashoggi.

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In Film, review Tags Julian Assange, Glenn Greenwald, Bryan Fogel, The Dissident, Jamal Khashoggi, journalists, Hatice Cengiz, Washington Post, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Istanbul, KSA, Omar Abdulaziz, Zhang Zhan, China, freedom, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta, Wikileaks, Time Magazine, Mohammed Bin Salman, documentary, streaming, Apple TV, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Sean Penn
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Photo by David Lee ©, courtesy of HBO and used with permission

Photo by David Lee ©, courtesy of HBO and used with permission

David Byrne for President! And why everyone should watch 'American Utopia' directed by Spike Lee on HBO

E. Nina Rothe October 13, 2020

We live in unimaginable times. And yet there were many who were able to foresee this future, this current new world, long before it happened. Among them, singer/songwriter/artist and all around renaissance man David Byrne, and the American national treasure that is Spike Lee.

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In Film, review Tags David Byrne, Spike Lee, Bob Dylan, American Utopia, Hudson Theater, David Lee, artists, HBO, American television, Vote, America, Broadway show, Broadway, Pandemic, Declan Quinn, Sam Levy, Leaving Las Vegas, Lady Bird, Michael Shannon, Trouble No More, Janelle Monae, Hell You Talmbout, George Floyd, Breanna Taylor, Amadou Diallo, Trayvon Martin, immigrants, voting rights, climate change, MTV Generation, Talking Heads, This Must Be The Place, Detroit choir, presidential election
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