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Cover-Up

2025· 1h 57m

Documentary

Directed by Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus

7.1/ 10

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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.

Cast

Seymour Hersh

Seymour Hersh

Self - Investigative Journalist

Jeff Gerth

Self - The New York Times

David Obst

Self - Dispatch News

Bob Woodward

Bob Woodward

Self - The Washington Post

Max Friedman

Self - Former Research Assistant

Amy Davidson Sorkin

Self - The New Yorker

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