Cover-Up      Director : Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus Cert : None Genre : Documentary Starring : Seymour Hersh Running Time : 1 hr 58 minsLaura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus open Cover-Up by returning to the episode that both set Seymour Hersh’s career in motion and left a deep wound on the United States’ understanding of its own imperial skulduggery. [ Seymour Hersh challenges White House story of Osama bin Laden’s deathOpens in new window ]On March 16th, 1968, about 100 US soldiers entered the Vietnamese village of My Lai expecting combat. Instead of enemy fighters they found civilians – families and farmers – who quickly became victims. By evening, commanders insisted they had wiped out more than 100 Viet Cong – a narrative that held for about 18 months. At a moment when truth is increasingly relative, Cover-Up acknowledges the grim continuation of the state apparatus that Hersh first exposed in the aftermath of My Lai.

Source: The Irish Times December 25, 2025 06:38 UTC