Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
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Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

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Release date

September 26, 2008

Creator / Director / Author

Stefan Forbes

Runtime

86 min

Rating

7.7 / 10

Cast

Tom DeLay, Michael Dukakis, Ishmael Reed, Sam Donaldson, Mary Matalin, Strom Thurmond, Lee Atwater

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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