Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Name: Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2008
Rating: 7.7

2008· 1h 26m

Documentary

Directed by Stefan Forbes

7.7/ 10

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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.