Cover-Up
Cover-Up
Documentary

Cover-Up

2025
117 min
7.1
71.0%
User Score
(45 votes)

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.

DIRECTED BY

Laura Poitras

STARRING

Seymour Hersh, Jeff Gerth, David Obst, Bob Woodward, Max Friedman

Videos & Trailers

Seymour Hersh, Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, and More on Cover-Up
2160p
Featurette

Seymour Hersh, Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, and More on Cover-Up

How ‘Cover-Up’ Turns Investigative Reporting Into a Thriller!
1080p
Featurette

How ‘Cover-Up’ Turns Investigative Reporting Into a Thriller!

Official Trailer
1080p
Trailer

Official Trailer

COVER-UP: A Conversation with Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus and Yoni Golijov
1080p
Featurette

COVER-UP: A Conversation with Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus and Yoni Golijov

Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Seymour Hersh & More on Cover-Up
2160p
Featurette

Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, Seymour Hersh & More on Cover-Up

First Exclusive Clip
2160p
Clip

First Exclusive Clip

Cast

Seymour Hersh

Seymour Hersh

Self - Investigative Journalist

Jeff Gerth

Self - The New York Times

David Obst

Self - Dispatch News

Bob Woodward

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)

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