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Cover-Up

Cover-Up (2025)★ 6.8/10

R · US · 117 min · August 29, 2025

  • Documentary

Directed by: Mark Obenhaus, Laura Poitras

Seymour Hersh has been at the front lines of political journalism in the United States. Hersh's breakthrough reportage has brought to the public's attention many of the most damning constitutional wrongdoings and cover-ups.

Directed by

Mark ObenhausLaura Poitras

Cast & crew

Seymour HershSelf - Investigative JournalistDavid ObstSelf - Dispatch NewsBob WoodwardSelf - The Washington PostJeff GerthSelf - The New York TimesMax FriedmanSelf - Former Research AssistantAmy Davidson SorkinSelf - The New YorkerAntonio TagubaSelf - U.S. Army Major GeneralCamille Lo SapioSelf - Anonymous SourceIsador HershSelf - Father of Seymour Hersh (archiveFootage)Dorothy HershSelf - Mother of Seymour Hersh (archiveFootage)Alan HershSelf - Brother of Seymour Hersh (archiveFootage)Elizabeth Klein HershSelf - Wife of Seymour Hersh (archiveFootage)Salvador AllendeSelf - Chilean President (archiveFootage)James Jesus AngletonSelf - CIA Chief of Counterintelligence (archiveFootage)Michael BernhardtSelf - U.S. Army Sergeant (archiveFootage)Carl BernsteinSelf - The Washington Post (archiveFootage)George BushSelf - Former CIA Director (archiveFootage)William CalleySelf - U.S. Army Lieutenant (archiveFootage)Frank ChurchSelf - Chairman, Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (archiveFootage)William ColbySelf - Former CIA Director (archiveFootage)Lawrence X. Cusack IIISelf - Forged Kennedy Papers (archiveFootage)Max FrankelSelf - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times (archiveFootage)Bernard GwertzmanSelf - Editor, The New York Times (archiveFootage)Ron HaeberleSelf - U.S. Army Photographer (archiveFootage)Richard HelmsSelf - Former CIA Director (archiveFootage)Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf - 36th President of the United States (archiveFootage)Robert R. KileySelf - Former CIA Operative & Public Policy Expert (archiveFootage)Henry KissingerSelf - Secretary of State (archiveFootage) (archiveSound)Bill KovachSelf - Editor, The New York Times (archiveFootage) (archiveSound)Howard KurtzSelf - Host, Reliable Sources (archiveFootage)Brian LambSelf - Host, C-SPAN (archiveFootage)George LatimerSelf - Civilian Lawyer for Lt. William Calley (archiveFootage)James McCordSelf - Watergate Burglar (archiveFootage)Myrtle MeadloSelf - Mother of Paul Meadlo (archiveFootage)Paul MeadloSelf - U.S. Army Private First Class (archiveFootage)Tony MeadloSelf - Father of Paul Meadlo (archiveFootage)Ernest MedinaSelf - U.S. Army Captain (archiveFootage)John MitchellSelf - Former Attorney General (archiveFootage)Richard NixonSelf - 37th President of the United States (archiveFootage) (archiveSound)Frank OlsonSelf - CIA, Biological Warfare Scientist (archiveFootage)Joseph PaolellaSelf - Secret Service Agent (archiveFootage)Augusto PinochetSelf - Chilean President (archiveFootage)Ned PriceSelf - Former Spokesperson, U.S. Department of State (archiveFootage)Dan RatherSelf - 60 Minutes II, Correspondent (archiveFootage)Ron RidenhourSelf - Whistleblower & Journalist (archiveFootage)A.M. RosenthalSelf - Executive Editor, The New York Times (archiveFootage)Donald RumsfeldSelf - Former Secretary of Defense (archiveFootage)Daniel SchorrSelf - CBS News Journalist (archiveFootage)Mike WallaceSelf - 60 Minutes Correspondent (archiveFootage)William C. WestmorelandSelf - U.S. Army Chief of Staff (archiveFootage)