Cover-Up

2025 117 min ★ 7.1 Documentary, History

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.

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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)

Details

Director

Laura Poitras

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Praxis Films, Plan B Entertainment, Submarine Deluxe, GreenSlate, Postworks New York

Reviews

B

Brent Marchant

December 31, 2025

★ 7/10

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 ...