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Cover-Up

7.2(58)20251h 57m3

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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Released
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Language
Arabic
  • career
  • covered investigation
  • cover-up
  • government cover-up
  • investigative journalism
  • investigative journalist
  • political cover-up
  • political documentary
  • documentary portrait

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • Digital / OTTANetflix26 Dec 2025
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereTelluride Film Festival31 Aug 2025
    • PremiereNew York Film Festival8 Oct 2025
    • PremiereBend Film Festival9 Oct 2025
    • PremiereHamptons International Film Festival11 Oct 2025
    • PremiereOrcas Island Film Festival15 Oct 2025
    • PremiereHot Springs Documentary Film Festival17 Oct 2025
    • PremiereWoodstock Film Festival18 Oct 2025
    • PremiereMiddleburg Film Festival / Santa Fe International Film Festival19 Oct 2025
    • PremierePhiladelphia Film Festival20 Oct 2025
    • PremiereAFI Fest22 Oct 2025
    • PremiereChicago International Film Festival24 Oct 2025
    • PremiereMontclair Film Festival25 Oct 2025
    • PremiereDouble Exposure Film Festival1 Nov 2025
    • PremiereDenver Film Festival3 Nov 2025
    • PremiereMiami Film Festival GEMS5 Nov 2025
    • PremiereDOC NYC14 Nov 2025
    • Theatrical (limited)19 Dec 2025
    • Digital / OTTRNetflix26 Dec 2025
    • PremierePalm Springs International Film Festival6 Jan 2026
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereBFI London Film Festival15 Oct 2025
    • Digital / OTT15Netflix26 Dec 2025
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • Digital / OTTNetflix26 Dec 2025
  • AustraliaAU

    • Digital / OTTMA 15+Netflix26 Dec 2025
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival10 Sept 2025
    • PremiereVancouver International Film Festival11 Oct 2025
    • Digital / OTTRNetflix26 Dec 2025
  • AfghanistanAF

    • Digital / OTTNetflix26 Dec 2025
  • AlbaniaAL

    • Digital / OTTNetflix26 Dec 2025
  • AlgeriaDZ

    • Digital / OTTNetflix26 Dec 2025
  • American SamoaAS

    • Digital / OTTNetflix25 Dec 2025
  • AndorraAD

    • Digital / OTTNetflix26 Dec 2025
  • AngolaAO

    • Digital / OTTNetflix26 Dec 2025

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Cover-Up was released on 19 December 2025.

Audience reviews

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  • B

    Brent Marchant

    12/31/2025

    7/10

    In an age where it seems that troubling developments are ubiquitously lurking beneath the surface of public awareness, the need for intrepid investigative journalists to bring these stories to light is probably greater than ever. Unfortunately, such reporters have increasingly become a vanishing breed, especially in the mainstream media. Luckily, though, there are still some committed, courageous correspondents out t…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    10/10/2026

    7/10

    I thought there something of the Sydney Schanberg to parts of this powerful biographical documentary on acclaimed American investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. Perhaps that's because like Schanberg's reportage from the neighbouring Killing Fields, he started his career in Vietnam and reported on matters that many at home didn't really want to read. His initial focus wasn't so much on the brutalities of the VC, thoug…

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