Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

September 26, 200886 min7.7EN
Documentary

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.

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Tom DeLay
Tom DeLaySelf
Michael Dukakis
Michael DukakisSelf
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael ReedSelf
Sam Donaldson
Sam DonaldsonSelf
Mary Matalin
Mary MatalinSelf - Atwater Aide '88
Strom Thurmond
Strom ThurmondSelf (archive footage)
Lee Atwater
Lee AtwaterSelf (archive footage)