
Cover-Up
Director: Laura Poitras
Producer: Yoni Golijov, Mark Obenhaus, Laura Poitras
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.
Where to watch?
Data source: JustWatch
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)
Alan Hersh
Self - Brother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
Elizabeth Klein Hersh
Self - Wife of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
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Reviews
- B7.0
Brent Marchant
December 31, 2025
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 th…
7.0CinemaSerf
October 10, 2026
I thought there something of the Sydney Schanberg to parts of this powerful biographical documentary on acclaimed American investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. Perhaps that's because like Schanberg's reportage from the neighbouring Killing Fields, he started his career in Vietnam and reported on matters that many at h…