Cover-Up
Documentary
He's devoted his career to uncovering stories the powerful want buried. From My Lai to Abu Ghraib, dig into the life's work of journalist Seymour Hersh.
🎬 DirectorLaura Poitras
📅 Release2025-12-19
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageArabic, English, German, Vietnamese
🏢 StudioPraxis Films, Plan B Entertainment, Submarine Deluxe
🗳 Votes30
🔥 Popularity5
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🎭 Cast
Seymour Hersh
Self - Investigative Journalist
Jeff Gerth
Self - The New York Times
David Obst
Self - Dispatch News
Bob Woodward
Self - The Washington Post
Max Friedman
Self - Former Research Assistant
Amy Davidson Sorkin
Self - The New Yorker
Antonio Taguba
Self - U.S. Army Major General
Camille Lo Sapio
Self - Anonymous Source
Isador Hersh
Self - Father of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
Dorothy Hersh
Self - Mother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
Alan Hersh
Self - Brother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
Elizabeth Klein Hersh
Self - Wife of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
Salvador Allende
Self - Chilean President (archive footage)
James Jesus Angleton
Self - CIA Chief of Counterintelligence (archive footage)
Michael Bernhardt
Self - U.S. Army Sergeant (archive footage)
🎥 Crew
DirectorLaura Poitras
DirectorMark Obenhaus
ProducerYoni Golijov
ProducerMark Obenhaus
ProducerLaura Poitras
Executive ProducerNick Shumaker
ProducerOlivia Streisand
EditorAmy Foote
EditorLaura Poitras
Director of PhotographyMia Cioffi Henry
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🏷 Keywords
cover-upinvestigative journalist
💬 Reviews
In an age where it seems that troubling developments are ubiquitously lurking beneath the surface of public awareness, the need for intrepid investigative journalists to bring these stories to light is probably greater than ever. Unfortunately, such reporters have increasingly become a vanishing breed, especially in the mainstream media. Luckily, though, there are still some committed, courageous …
