Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Name: Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2008-09-26
Duration: 86 min
Cast: Tom DeLay, Michael Dukakis, Ishmael Reed, Sam Donaldson, Mary Matalin

2008·1h 26m·Released

Documentary

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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