Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Name: Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Director: Stefan Forbes
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2008-09-26
Duration: 1 h 26 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Tom DeLay, Michael Dukakis, Ishmael Reed, Sam Donaldson, Mary Matalin

Directed by Stefan Forbes

Documentary

20081h 26m7.7

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.