Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair (1988)
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.
Directors: David Kasper, Barbara Trent.
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Elizabeth Montgomery as Narrator |
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Jonathan Kwitny as Self - Author/Journalist |
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Peter Dale Scott as Self - Professor/Author |
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Jack Brooks as Self - Congressman |
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Edén Pastora as Self - Former Contra Leader |
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David MacMichael as Self - Former CIA Analyst |
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Daniel Sheehan as Self - Christic Institute |
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Barbara Honegger as Self - Former White House Policy Analyst |
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John Stockwell as Self - Former CIA Officer |
| Directing | David Kasper | Director |
| Directing | Barbara Trent | Director |
| Editing | Anthony Clarke | Editor |
| Writing | Eve Goldberg | Writer |
| Production | David Kasper | Producer |
| Sound | Richard Elliot | Music |
| Sound | Rubén Blades | Music |
| Production | Barbara Trent | Producer |
| Sound | Lou Reed | Music |