Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Name: Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Rating: 7.7

Not Rated Documentary

Starring: Tom DeLay, Michael Dukakis, Ishmael Reed, Sam Donaldson, Mary Matalin

Writer: Stefan Forbes, Noland Walker

Release Date:
September 26, 2008

Ratings:
7.7 / 10

Director:
Stefan Forbes

Companies:
InterPositive Media

Overview

Boogie Man is a comprehensive look at political strategist, racist, and former Republican National Convention Committee chairman, Lee Atwater, who reinvigorated the Republican Party’s Southern Strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans. He mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush and played a key role in the elections of Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

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