Club Screening: ‘The Dissident’: A Documentary About Murdered Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

 

CLUB SCREENING ‘The Dissident’: A Documentary About Murdered Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

SPEAKER VIA ZOOM BRYAN FOGEL DIRECTOR Monday, August 9, 2021 6:30pm – Doors Open 6:30pm – 9:30pm – Buffet with free-flow beverage 7pm – Screening (1hr 59min) followed by Q&A with Bryan Fogel First Floor

Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was critical of his beloved Saudi Arabia and of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s policies. On October 2, 2018, Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul and never came out. His fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together clues to his brutal murder—and in their dogged quest for truth, they expose a global cover-up perpetrated by the very country he loved. With exclusive access to the Turkish government’s evidence; to Khashoggi’s fiancée, Hatice Cengiz; and to Khashoggi’s close friend and fellow Saudi insurgent, Omar Abdulaziz, Academy Award–winning filmmaker Bryan Fogel unearths hidden secrets in this real-life international thriller that will continue to rock the world long after the headlines have faded away. Chillingly powerful and heartbreakingly candid, The Dissident is an intimate portrait of a man who sacrificed everything for freedom of speech.

Bryan Fogel is an American film director, producer, author, playwright, speaker and human rights activist best known for the 2017 documentary Icarus, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2018. Icarus premiered at the Sundance Film Festival before being acquired by Netflix in a historic sale. The evidence brought forward in Icarus by Russian whistleblower Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov was instrumental in the Olympic Committee’s banning of Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Club Screening Monday, August 9, 2021 $350per person 6:30pm – 9:30pm Salad & Starter Caesar Salad (L) German Sausage and Potato Salad with Pickles Smoked Salmon with Cream Cheese Deep-fried Squid Rings with Tartare Sauce Mini Indian Samosa with Mint Sauce (V) Soup & Bread Basket Cream of Curry Cauliflower Main Dishes Pan-fried Chicken Breast with Marsala Gravy Sautéed Cabbage with Smoked Sausage Indian Gongura Mutton Curry Coconut Paneer Tandoori (L) Pulao Rice and Roasted Potatoes (V) Dessert Green Tea Lava Tart Napoléon Fresh Fruits Free flow house wine, house beer, orange juice and soft drinks will be served from 6:30pm-10pm