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.
Directed by Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus
"Poitras and Obenhaus deliver a film where it’s impossible not to want to lean in and listen, riveting as much as it is revelatory." Stephen Saito, Moveable Fest
