Cover-Up
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.
Cast
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)
Salvador Allende
Self - Chilean President (archive footage)
James Jesus Angleton
Self - CIA Chief of Counterintelligence (archive footage)
Michael Bernhardt
Self - U.S. Army Sergeant (archive footage)
Carl Bernstein
Self - The Washington Post (archive footage)
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)
Lawrence X. Cusack III
Self - Forged Kennedy Papers (archive footage)
Max Frankel
Self - Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times (archive footage)
Bernard Gwertzman
Self - Editor, The New York Times (archive footage)
Ron Haeberle
Self - U.S. Army Photographer (archive footage)
Richard Helms
Self - Former CIA Director (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - 36th President of the United States (archive footage)
Bob Kiley
Self - Former CIA Operative & Public Policy Expert (archive footage)
Henry Kissinger
Self - Secretary of State (archive footage)
Bill Kovach
Self - Editor, The New York Times (archive footage)
Howard Kurtz
Self - Host, Reliable Sources (archive footage)
Brian Lamb
Self - Host, C-SPAN (archive footage)
George Latimer
Self - Civilian Lawyer for Lt. William Calley (archive footage)
James McCord
Self - Watergate Burglar (archive footage)
Myrtle Meadlo
Self - Mother of Paul Meadlo (archive footage)
Paul Meadlo
Self - U.S. Army Private First Class (archive footage)
Tony Meadlo
Self - Father of Paul Meadlo (archive footage)
Ernest Medina
Self - U.S. Army Captain (archive footage)
John Mitchell
Self - Former Attorney General (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self - 37th President of the United States (archive footage)
Frank Olson
Self - CIA, Biological Warfare Scientist (archive footage)
Joseph Paolella
Self - Secret Service Agent (archive footage)
Augusto Pinochet
Self - Chilean President (archive footage)
Ned Price
Self - Former Spokesperson, U.S. Department of State (archive footage)
Dan Rather
Self - 60 Minutes II, Correspondent (archive footage)
Ron Ridenhour
Self - Whistleblower & Journalist (archive footage)
A.M. Rosenthal
Self - Executive Editor, The New York Times (archive footage)
Donald Rumsfeld
Self - Former Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
Daniel Schorr
Self - CBS News Journalist (archive footage)
Mike Wallace
Self - 60 Minutes Correspondent (archive footage)
William C. Westmoreland
Self - U.S. Army Chief of Staff (archive footage)
Crew
Laura Poitras
Director
Mark Obenhaus
Director
Yoni Golijov
Producer
Mark Obenhaus
Producer
Laura Poitras
Producer
Nick Shumaker
Executive Producer
Olivia Streisand
Producer
Amy Foote
Editor
Laura Poitras
Editor
Mia Cioffi Henry
Director of Photography
Peter Bowman
Editor
Jeremy Kleiner
Executive Producer
Dede Gardner
Executive Producer
Brad Pitt
Executive Producer
Josh Braun
Executive Producer
Thomas MacWhirr
Executive Producer
Nora Wilkinson
Co-Producer
Maya Shenfeld
Original Music Composer
Dawn Sutter Madell
Music Supervisor
Nat Jencks
Colorist
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
Lydia Milano
Art Direction
Kelli Miller
Title Designer
Becca Brooks Morrin
Production Designer
Brian Buckley
Sound Recordist
Emma Gottlieb
Gaffer
Kevin Marshall
Gaffer
Kevin Marshall
Additional Camera
Ariel Nehorayoff
Gaffer
Charlie Nevins
Additional Camera
Daryl Pittman
Gaffer
Alexander Sablow
Gaffer
Erick Stoll
Additional Camera
Ellie Walton
Additional Camera