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

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)

2008-09-26

(US) •

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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.

Movie Cast

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Tom DeLay

Self

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Michael Dukakis

Self

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Ishmael Reed

Self

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Sam Donaldson

Self

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Mary Matalin

Self - Atwater Aide '88

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Strom Thurmond

Self (archive footage)

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Lee Atwater

Self (archive footage)