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Cover-Up | Laura Poitras Investigates Seymour Hersh

Cover-Up is a political thriller that traces the explosive career of Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, both portrait of a relentless journalist and an indictment of institutional violence. 

In Cover-Up, Laura Poitras Investigates Seymour Hersh

A.J. Goldmann Columbia Journalism Review
The acclaimed filmmaker and investigative journalist on her twenty-year project, the “crisis” in investigative journalism, and how truth-telling can still change the world.

Friday Nite Videos | December 5, 2025

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You Got Gold—A Celebration of John Prine. Trump’s War on Drug Traffickers ... Except This One. Gaza Children Return to School! This Island Might Help Us Understand the Origins of Life. Zohran Mamdani & Bernie Sanders Join Striking Starbucks Workers

You Got Gold — A Celebration of John Prine

A star-studded tribute to the legendary songwriter brings together acclaimed artists, friends, and family to share behind-the-scenes stories and perform classic songs

Friday Nite Videos | November 7, 2025

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Stephen Miller and Pam Bondi Are the New Ghouls on South Park. Republicans Panic as TX Redistricting Backfires. Trump Plays Dead Fish and Dr. Oz's Crazy Ozempic Math. "Rovina's Choice": How USAID Shutdown Has Killed 100s of Thousands.

Friday Nite Videos | October 17, 2025

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The Policy That Zohran and Trump Voters Agree On. South Park Dismantles MAGA Christians. Orwell 2+2=5 | Documentary Movie. The Ballad of the Portland Frog Brigade. Trump Cashes in Bigly, the "Hate America" Rally & RFK Jr Crazes Out.

Orwell 2+2=5 | Documentary Movie

This movie mixes the story of George Orwell, whose novels 1984 and Animal Farm foretold a chilling, authoritarian future, with the frightening reality of the 21st century

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Riefenstahl Exposes the Nazis’ Favorite Filmmaker

An interview with Andres Veiel Jacobin
Darkly influential, the cinema of Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl is a powerful blend of art and propaganda. She’s now the subject of a new documentary that wrestles with the question of the culpability of a talented artist working for a vile regi

20 Years After Hurricane Katrina

Twenty years ago today, on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina roared ashore. Democracy Now! speaks with Academy Award-nominated director, Traci A. Curry.

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