Kingdom of Silence

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Kingdom of Silence

2020

Documentary

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17 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

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Kingdom of Silence takes a panoramic view of Jamal Kasshogi's career and its impact on U.S.-Saudi relations, yielding a sobering account of one man's life and the two nations he straddled.

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Danny Minton

Houston Chronicle

[It] helps us better understand why our leaders need to represent the high ideals of our country and when they stray, bad things can and will happen.

Rated: A-

Oct 21, 2020

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Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

Aided by an impressive roster of participants, it provides a clear and enraging picture of the tangled geopolitical dynamics which Khashoggi helped define, and which ultimately ensnared him.

Oct 8, 2020

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

...as much about the complicated, co-dependent and sometimes toxic relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia as it about the man himself.

Rated: 4/4

Oct 8, 2020

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Joseph Fahim

Middle East Eye

Kingdom of Silence pinpoints how such inherent cynicism defines America's toxic relationship with the world's biggest oil supplier (Riyadh would have calculated that Washington would be unlikely to retaliate against Khashoggi's death).

Aug 6, 2021

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Richard von Busack

SF Weekly

Khashoggi was a sometimes slippery man. Yet he was inarguably brave: "You are in a war, you cannot give up, you cannot disappear." His steadfastness shames our government tactics to go along and get along.

Dec 10, 2020

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Dan Schindel

Hyperallergic

It's stifled by the fact that many of the "experts" on the subject stand by the party line that US support of Saudi Arabia is necessary for "stability" in the region.

Nov 17, 2020

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Rick Rowley

Director

Sam Black

Producer

Trevor Davidoski

Producer

Rick Rowley

Cinematographer

A.J. Edwards

Film Editor

Alexis Johnson

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Director: Rick Rowley
Producer: Sam Black, Trevor Davidoski
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English