Cover-Up
Documentarycareercovered investigationcover-upgovernment cover-upinvestigative journalisminvestigative journalistpolitical cover-uppolitical documentarydocumentary portrait
A portrait of an investigative journalist's lifelong crusade to expose government wrongdoing and institutional corruption, grounded in historical atrocities and the moral weight of truth-telling.
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.
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Seymour Hersh
Self - Investigative Journalist
Jeff Gerth
Self - The New York Times
David Obst
Self - Dispatch News
Bob Woodward
Self - The Washington Post
Max Friedman
Self - Former Research Assistant
Amy Davidson Sorkin
Self - The New Yorker
Antonio Taguba
Self - U.S. Army Major General
Camille Lo Sapio
Self - Anonymous Source
Isador Hersh
Self - Father of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
Dorothy Hersh
Self - Mother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
Alan Hersh
Self - Brother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
Elizabeth Klein Hersh
Self - Wife of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
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