Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Genres
Documentary

Release Date: Sep 26, 2008

Runtime: 86 minutes

Rating: 7.7/10

Status: Released

Production Companies
  • InterPositive Media

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.

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Cast

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

Strom Thurmond

Crew

Stefan Forbes, Stefan Forbes, Stefan Forbes, Noland Walker, Tia Wou ,

Stefan Forbes, Tim Robert, Stefan Forbes, Stefan Forbes, Tyler Bender, Scott Cannizzaro, Margaret Crimmins, Bryan Dembinski, Greg Smith, Stephen McCarthy, Brett Wiley, Emir Lewis