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Taylor Jewell/AP Director Bryan Fogel, left, and Hatice Cengiz pose for a portrait to promote ‘The Dissident’, a film about slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Even before The Dissident made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, director Bryan Fogel had a sense that his explosive Jamal Khashoggi documentary was going to be a tough sell. The film, available on-demand this week in the US, was one of the most anticipated of last January's Sundance. Fogel’s previous film, Icarus, about Russian doping in the Olympics, won the Acade...

Khashoggi murder documentary, too explosive for streaming, debuts on-demand The Associated Press © Provided by NBC News NEW YORK — Even before “The Dissident” made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, director Bryan Fogel had a sense that his explosive Jamal Khashoggi documentary was going to be a tough sell. The film, available on-demand this week, was one of the most anticipated of last January’s Sundance. Fogel’s previous film, “Icarus,” about Russian doping in the Olympics, won the Academy Award for best documentary. “The Dissident” features audi...