Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)
Title: Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Original Title: Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Release Date: 2008-09-26
Status: Released
Rating: 7.7/10 (from 13 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: InterPositive Media
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.
Cast
Tom DeLay
Michael Dukakis
Ishmael Reed
Sam Donaldson
Mary Matalin
Self - Atwater Aide '88
Strom Thurmond
Self (archive footage)
