Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 26, 2008

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

77%

Original Title

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Production Companies

InterPositive Media

Director

Stefan Forbes

Description

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.