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Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

IMDB:

7.7
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

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.

Cast

Tom DeLay

Self

Tom DeLay

Michael Dukakis

Self

Michael Dukakis

Ishmael Reed

Self

Ishmael Reed

Sam Donaldson

Self

Sam Donaldson

Mary Matalin

Self - Atwater Aide '88

Mary Matalin

Strom Thurmond

Self (archive footage)

Strom Thurmond

Lee Atwater

Self (archive footage)

Lee Atwater

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