Cover-Up

Synopsis

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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Cast

Seymour Hersh

Self - Investigative Journalist

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Jeff Gerth

Self - The New York Times

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David Obst

Self - Dispatch News

Bob Woodward

Self - The Washington Post

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Max Friedman

Self - Former Research Assistant

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Amy Davidson Sorkin

Self - The New Yorker

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Antonio Taguba

Self - U.S. Army Major General

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Camille Lo Sapio

Self - Anonymous Source

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Isador Hersh

Self - Father of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)

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Dorothy Hersh

Self - Mother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)

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Alan Hersh

Self - Brother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)

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Elizabeth Klein Hersh

Self - Wife of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)

Salvador Allende

Self - Chilean President (archive footage)

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James Jesus Angleton

Self - CIA Chief of Counterintelligence (archive footage)

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Michael Bernhardt

Self - U.S. Army Sergeant (archive footage)

Carl Bernstein

Self - The Washington Post (archive footage)

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William Calley

Self - U.S. Army Lieutenant (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

Self - Former CIA Director (archive footage)

Frank Church

Self - Chairman, Senate Select Committee (archive footage)

William Colby

Self - Former CIA Director (archive footage)

Crew

Art

• Lydia Milano Art Direction
• Kelli Miller Title Designer

Camera

• Mia Cioffi Henry Director of Photography
• Kevin Marshall Additional Camera
• Charlie Nevins Additional Camera
• Erick Stoll Additional Camera
• Ellie Walton Additional Camera

Directing

• Laura Poitras Director
• Mark Obenhaus Director

Editing

• Amy Foote Editor
• Laura Poitras Editor
• Peter Bowman Editor
• Nat Jencks Colorist

Lighting

• Emma Gottlieb Gaffer
• Kevin Marshall Gaffer
• Ariel Nehorayoff Gaffer
• Daryl Pittman Gaffer
• Alexander Sablow Gaffer

Production

• Yoni Golijov Producer
• Mark Obenhaus Producer
• Laura Poitras Producer
• Nick Shumaker Executive Producer
• Olivia Streisand Producer
• Jeremy Kleiner Executive Producer
• Dede Gardner Executive Producer
• Brad Pitt Executive Producer
• Josh Braun Executive Producer
• Thomas MacWhirr Executive Producer
• Nora Wilkinson Co-Producer
• Becca Brooks Morrin Production Designer

Sound

• Maya Shenfeld Original Music Composer
• Dawn Sutter Madell Music Supervisor
• Christopher Koch Supervising Sound Editor
• Christopher Koch Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Filipe Messeder Dialogue Editor
• Laura Heinzinger Sound Effects Editor
• Jack Liden Sound Mix Technician
• Rae King Assistant Sound Editor
• Peter Bowman Music Editor
• Brian Buckley Sound Recordist