Cover-Up

Dec 19, 2025

1h 57m

★ 6.9

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Praxis Films

Plan B Entertainment

Submarine Deluxe

GreenSlate

Postworks New York

Cover-Up Trailers

Cast

Self - Investigative Journalist

Seymour Hersh

Self - The New York Times

Jeff Gerth

Self - Dispatch News

David Obst

Self - The Washington Post

Bob Woodward

Self - Former Research Assistant

Max Friedman

Self - The New Yorker

Amy Davidson Sorkin

Self - U.S. Army Major General

Antonio Taguba

Self - Anonymous Source

Camille Lo Sapio

Self - Father of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)

Isador Hersh

Self - Mother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)

Dorothy Hersh

Self - Brother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)

Alan Hersh

Self - Wife of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)

Elizabeth Klein Hersh

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