- Year: 2025
- Running time: 1h 57m
- Rated: R
- Genre: Documentary
- US release: 19 December 2025
- Premiere: 29 August 2025
- Official website
- IMDb
Cover-Up
Directed by Mark Obenhaus, Laura Poitras
This documentary traces the work of legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, whose dogged reporting exposed cover-ups from My Lai to Abu Ghraib.
Cover-Up is a political thriller that traces the explosive career of Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. Urgent and deeply reported, Cover-Up is both a portrait of a relentless journalist and an indictment of institutional violence — revealing a cycle of impunity in the U.S. military and intelligence agencies. Drawing on exclusive access to Hersh’s notes, and interweaving primary documents and archival footage, Cover-Up captures the power and process of investigative journalism.
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Studios: Praxis Films, Plan B Entertainment, Submarine Deluxe, GreenSlate, Postworks New York
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