Join NYWIFT at the 2025 Hamptons Doc Fest on Sunday, December 7th at 2:00pm ET for a co-presentation screening of the film Cover-Up. Followed by a Q&A with Directors Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus. Moderated by NYWIFT CEO Cynthia Lopez.
Date: Sunday, December 7, 2025
Time: 2:00pm ET
Location: Sag Harbor Cinema (90 Main Street, Sag Harbor 11963)
Price: $30
About the Film
Cover-Up
Run Time: 117 minutes
Directors: Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus
Producers: Yoni Golijov, Mark Obenhaus, Laura Poitras, Olivia Streisand
Editors: Peter Bowman, Amy Foote, Laura Poitras
Cinematographer: Mia Cioffi Henry
A political thriller that traces the explosive career of Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. It is both a portrait of a relentless journalist and an indictment of institutional violence and the cycles of impunity in the U.S. military and intelligence agencies. A film which couldn’t be more relevant today.
Laura Poitras is an Oscar and Pulitzer Prize-winning filmmaker and journalist. Her most recent film, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, only the second documentary to win that top prize. Her film Citizenfour won an Academy Award for Best Documentary and her film My Country was nominated for an Oscar. She is a founding board member of the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
Mark Obenhaus is a producer, director, and writer of documentary television and film. His work has been recognized by five national Emmys and many journalism awards. Since 1991 he has been associated with ABC News. In 1997, he was executive producer of Dangerous World: The Kennedy Years, a special based in part on the reporting of Seymour Hersh.
Hamptons Doc Fest now in its 18th year, is a nonprofit organization founded by filmmakers to champion and celebrate the rich, diverse and challenging world of non-fiction film. We recognize and honor documentary films and filmmakers who deserve a closer look.
The Hamptons Doc Fest is from December 4 – 11, 2025 in Sag Harbor, New York.
To buy tickets/passes and check out the rest of the Hamptons Doc Fest film program,
Thanks to our partner:
(All images courtesy of the participants)
Sag Harbor Cinema
90 Main Street
Sag Harbor, NY 11963
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NYWIFT programs, screenings and events are supported, in part, by grants from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
