
Cover-Up(2025)
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.



Movie: Cover-Up
Top 10 Billed Cast
Self - The New York Times
Self - Dispatch News
Self - Former Research Assistant
Self - The New Yorker
Self - U.S. Army Major General
Self - Anonymous Source
Self - Father of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
Self - Mother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
Video Trailer Cover-Up
Video: Official Trailer
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