Cover-Up
Plot
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.
About Cover-Up
Cover-Up is a 2025 American documentary film produced and directed by Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus. It explores the investigative journalism career of Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who covered the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal during the Iraq War, both committed by the U.S. Army. The film premiered out of competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 29, 2025. It had a limited theatrical release in the U.S. on December 19 and began streaming globally on Netflix on December 26. It received widespread praise from critics.
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Cast
Seymour HershSelf - Investigative Journalist- Jeff GerthSelf - The New York Times
- David ObstSelf - Dispatch News
Bob WoodwardSelf - The Washington Post- Max FriedmanSelf - Former Research Assistant
- Amy Davidson SorkinSelf - The New Yorker
- Antonio TagubaSelf - U.S. Army Major General
- Camille Lo SapioSelf - Anonymous Source
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