EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based mk2 Films has boarded sales on Laura Poitras ’ latest documentary Cover-Up ahead of its world premiere Out of Competition at the upcoming Venice Film Festival.

Anticipation is high on the Lido for the work following Poitras’ last trip to the Italian festival in 2022, which saw her win the Golden Lion for All The Beauty and the Bloodshed , following artist Nan Goldin’s campaign to expose the establishment roots of the U.S. opioid crisis.

Made in collaboration with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and producer Mark Obenhaus, Cover-Up offers a timely portrait of legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, whose fearless reporting exposed some of the darkest secrets of U.S. history, from the My Lai massacre to Abu Ghraib torture.

Both a personal portr

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