Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
1988, English. Directed by David Kasper & Barbara Trent.
The Film That Starts Where The Hearings Left Off
Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair is the third feature-length documentary produced by the Empowerment Project. The shadow government of assassins, arms dealers, drug smugglers, former CIA operatives and top US military personnel who were running foreign policy unaccountable to the public, revealing the Reagan/Bush administration's plan to use FEMA to institute martial law and ultimately suspend the Constitution. Strikingly relevant to current events.
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- David KasperDirector
- Barbara TrentDirector
- Elizabeth MontgomeryNarrator
- Jonathan KwitnySelf - Author/Journalist
- Peter Dale ScottSelf - Professor/Author
- Jack BrooksSelf - Congressman
- Edén PastoraSelf - Former Contra Leader
- David MacMichaelSelf - Former CIA Analyst
- Daniel SheehanSelf - Christic Institute
- Barbara HoneggerSelf - Former White House Policy Analyst
- John StockwellSelf - Former CIA Officer
Details
- Released
- 26 August 1988
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Eve Goldberg
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Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 August 1988. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair?
Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair (1988) was directed by David Kasper and Barbara Trent and stars Elizabeth Montgomery, Jonathan Kwitny, Peter Dale Scott.