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Laura Poitras Unveils Seymour Hersh's Journey in 'Cover-Up'
10/9/2025
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Story summary
- Documentarian Laura Poitras spent 20 years persuading Seymour Hersh to join the documentary Cover-Up.
- The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and links Hersh's scoops to personal anecdotes.
- Hersh initially resisted discussing his personal life but shared insights under Poitras's guidance.
- Cover-Up highlights the My Lai Massacre and Abu Ghraib, showing moral outrage, truth-seeking, and a critique of journalism.
