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Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
(DOCUMENTARY – 1 hour, 15 minutes)
David Kasper & Barbara Trent

From the Academy Award-winning team who produced The Panama Deception, this politically-motivated film exposes several disturbing chapters in the history of U.S. covert foreign policy, beginning with the Reagan-Bush campaign's 1980 pre-election deal with Iran to delay the release of the 52 U.S. hostages until after Reagan took office.

Filmmaker Profile: DAVID KASPER & BARBARA TRENT
David Kasper’s work on social and political documentaries has taken him to Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and the former Soviet Union, and his work as an investigative journalist has appeared in print and on radio. David and Barbara Trent co-founded the Empowerment Project in 1984, an organization devoted to exposing contentious social and political issues through film and video. A noted social activist, Barbara lectures nationally and internationally on media and public policy.