Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Released on
Documentary
Runtime
86 mins
(13 votes)

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.

Cast

  • Tom DeLay
  • Michael Dukakis
  • Ishmael Reed
  • Sam Donaldson
  • Mary Matalin

Director

  • Stefan Forbes

Producers

  • Stefan Forbes
  • Noland Walker

Screenwriter

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