
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
IMDB:
7.7
Released
9/26/2008
Duration
1h 26m
Genre
Documentary
Country
United States of America
Cast
Tom DeLay, Michael Dukakis, Ishmael Reed
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.

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
IMDB:
7.7Released
9/26/2008
Genre
Documentary
Cast
Tom DeLay, Michael Dukakis, Ishmael Reed
Duration
1h 26m
Country
United States of America
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.
Cast

Self
Tom DeLay

Self
Michael Dukakis

Self
Ishmael Reed

Self
Sam Donaldson

Self - Atwater Aide '88
Mary Matalin

Self (archive footage)
Strom Thurmond

Self (archive footage)









