The acclaimed documentary COVER-UP is set to make its streaming premiere later this year, arriving on Netflix on December 26th, 2025. The film world premiered out of competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
Cover-Up is produced and directed by Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus.
The film is a political thriller that traces the explosive career of Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. Urgent and deeply reported, Cover-Up is both a portrait of a relentless journalist and an indictment of institutional violence — revealing a cycle of impunity in the U.S. military and intelligence agencies.
Drawing on exclusive access to Hersh’s notes, and interweaving primary documents and archival footage, Cover-Up captures the power and process of investigative journalism.
We’ve added the release date to our Streaming Calendar. Check out a clip from the film below.