Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
MovieTitle | Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story |
User score | 7.7 |
Release date | Sep 26, 2008 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Stefan Forbes |
Production country | United Kingdom, United States of America |
Production companies | InterPositive Media |
Run time | 86 min. |
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.