We are pleased to welcome Directors Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus, and film subject Seymour 'Sy' Hersh for an on stage conversation and Q&A.
Seymour ‘Sy’ Hersh is a renowned and respected—and at times divisive—Pulitzer prize-winning journalist. His remarkable six‑decade career includes groundbreaking coverage on the My Lai massacre, Watergate scandal, the horrors of Abu Ghraib, and much more. Filmmakers Laura Poitras (All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Doc Stories 2022) and Mark Obenhaus worked for 20 years to build this vital portrait of a determined truth-sayer and the final result is a remarkable film that resists hagiography. Instead, Cover-Up is a sophisticated interrogation of the process of investigative documentation and the weight of its real‑world consequences. As journalism and free speech are under threat, this timely documentary is essential viewing. – Jessie Fairbanks