Unfolding with a sense of urgency that propelled his 2017 film “Icarus” to critical acclaim, and an Oscar win, Bryan Fogel’s follow-up “The Dissident,” which tracks the lead up to and fallout surrounding the Jamal Khashoggi assassination, is a propulsive call to action that stands as one of the best documentaries of the year.
READ MORE: The 20 Best Documentaries Of 2020 Beginning in the aftermath of Khashoggi’s murder, at the hands of Saudi officials under the leadership of Mohammed bin Salman (nicknamed MBS, if only to make his particular brand of ‘reform’ seem palpable), Fogel hopscotches between Khashoggi’s slow, but steady, progression from Saudi critic to full-on dissident and the fallout, and in many cases lack thereof, after his.
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