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Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

  • September 2008
  • 1hr

    26mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Stefan Forbes,

    Starring

    Tom DeLay,

    Michael Dukakis,

    Ishmael Reed,

    Sam Donaldson

    ...

    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.