Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
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Release Date: September 26, 2008
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1h 26m
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Director: Stefan Forbes
Cast: Tom DeLay, Michael Dukakis, Ishmael Reed, Sam Donaldson, Mary Matalin
Storyline
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.