Cover-Up (2025)
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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.
Status: Released
Release Date: Dec 19, 2025
Runtime: 1h 57m
Director: Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus
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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)
Carl Bernstein
Self - The Washington Post (archive footage)
William Calley
Self - U.S. Army Lieutenant (archive footage)
George H. W. Bush
Self - Former CIA Director (archive footage)
Frank Church
Self - Chairman, Senate Select Committee (archive footage)
William Colby
Self - Former CIA Director (archive footage)
Lawrence X. Cusack III
Self - Forged Kennedy Papers (archive footage)
Max Frankel
Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times (archive footage)
Bernard Gwertzman
Self - Editor, The New York Times (archive footage)
Ron Haeberle
Self - U.S. Army Photographer (archive footage)
Richard Helms
Self - Former CIA Director (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - 36th President of the United States (archive footage)
Bob Kiley
Self - Former CIA Operative & Public Policy Expert (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger
Self - Secretary of State (archive footage)
Bill Kovach
Self - Editor, The New York Times (archive footage)
Howard Kurtz
Self - Host, Reliable Sources (archive footage)
Brian Lamb
Self - Host, C-SPAN (archive footage)
George Latimer
Self - Civilian Lawyer for Lt. William Calley (archive footage)
James McCord
Self - Watergate Burglar (archive footage)
Myrtle Meadlo
Self - Mother of Paul Meadlo (archive footage)
Paul Meadlo
Self - U.S. Army Private First Class (archive footage)
Tony Meadlo
Self - Father of Paul Meadlo (archive footage)
Ernest Medina
Self - U.S. Army Captain (archive footage)
John Mitchell
Self - Former Attorney General (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)
Frank Olson
Self - CIA, Biological Warfare Scientist (archive footage)
Joseph Paolella
Self - Secret Service Agent (archive footage)
Augusto Pinochet
Self - Chilean President (archive footage)
Ned Price
Self - Former Spokesperson, U.S. Department of State (archive footage)
Dan Rather
Self - 60 Minutes II, Correspondent (archive footage)
Ron Ridenhour
Self - Whistleblower & Journalist (archive footage)
A.M. Rosenthal
Self - Executive Editor, The New York Times (archive footage)
Donald Rumsfeld
Self - Former Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
Daniel Schorr
Self - CBS News Journalist (archive footage)
Mike Wallace
Self - 60 Minutes Correspondent (archive footage)
William C. Westmoreland
Self - U.S. Army Chief of Staff (archive footage)
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