Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)
1h 26m | PG-13
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.
Director: Stefan Forbes
Studio: InterPositive Media
Genre: Documentary
Video: 720p
Cast
Tom DeLay
as
Michael Dukakis
as
Ishmael Reed
as
Sam Donaldson
as
Mary Matalin
as Self - Atwater Aide '88
Strom Thurmond
as Self (archive footage)