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Cover-Up

2025·1h 57m·RFilmIMDb7.4/10RT98%MC86/100TMDB72%
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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.

DocumentaryHistorycareercovered investigationcover-upgovernment cover-upinvestigative journalisminvestigative journalistpolitical cover-uppolitical documentarydocumentary portrait

Cast

Actor leads, character follows
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)

Made by

Composers are people, not a row in a table
Laura Poitras
Director, Producer
Mark Obenhaus
Director, Producer
Yoni Golijov
Producer
Olivia Streisand
Producer
Nick Shumaker
Producer
Jeremy Kleiner
Producer
Dede Gardner
Producer
Brad Pitt
Producer
Josh Braun
Producer
Thomas MacWhirr
Producer
Maya Shenfeld
Composer

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Information
Released
2025
Runtime
1h 57m
Rated
R
Studio
Praxis Films · Plan B Entertainment · Submarine Deluxe · GreenSlate · Postworks New York
Country
United States of America
Languages
Audio
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