Cover-Up

Overview

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.

Trailer

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Cast and crew

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  Seymour HershSelf - Investigative Journalist

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  Jeff GerthSelf - The New York Times

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  David ObstSelf - Dispatch News

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  Bob WoodwardSelf - The Washington Post

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  Max FriedmanSelf - Former Research Assistant

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  Amy Davidson SorkinSelf - The New Yorker

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  Antonio TagubaSelf - U.S. Army Major General

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  Camille Lo SapioSelf - Anonymous Source

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  Isador HershSelf - Father of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)

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  Dorothy HershSelf - Mother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)

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  Alan HershSelf - Brother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)

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  Elizabeth Klein HershSelf - Wife of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)

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  Salvador AllendeSelf - Chilean President (archive footage)

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  James Jesus AngletonSelf - CIA Chief of Counterintelligence (archive footage)

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  Michael BernhardtSelf - U.S. Army Sergeant (archive footage)

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  Carl BernsteinSelf - The Washington Post (archive footage)

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  William CalleySelf - U.S. Army Lieutenant (archive footage)

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  George H. W. BushSelf - Former CIA Director (archive footage)

Director

Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus

Music

Maya Shenfeld

Cinematography

Mia Cioffi Henry