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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 98%, Metacritic 85/100. Scores higher than 83% of the 2,444 2020s documentary movies in this catalog. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic85/100
50 audience votes
Key crew
- Laura PoitrasDirector
- Mark ObenhausDirector
- Maya ShenfeldOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Seymour HershSelf - Investigative Journalist
- Jeff GerthSelf - The New York Times
- David ObstSelf - Dispatch News
- Bob WoodwardSelf - The Washington Post
- Max FriedmanSelf - Former Research Assistant
- Amy Davidson SorkinSelf - The New Yorker
- Antonio TagubaSelf - U.S. Army Major General
- Camille Lo SapioSelf - Anonymous Source
- Isador HershSelf - Father of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
- Dorothy HershSelf - Mother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
- Alan HershSelf - Brother of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
- Elizabeth Klein HershSelf - Wife of Seymour Hersh (archive footage)
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Themes
careercovered investigationcover-upgovernment cover-upinvestigative journalisminvestigative journalistpolitical cover-uppolitical documentarydocumentary portrait