Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Director: Stefan Forbes
Cast: Ishmael Reed, Michael Dukakis, Sam Donaldson, Tom DeLay
Synopsis:
Cast: Ishmael Reed, Michael Dukakis, Sam Donaldson, Tom DeLay
Synopsis:
Boogie Man is a comprehensive look at political strategist, racist, and former Republican National Convention Committee chairman, Lee Atwater, who reinvigorated the Republican Partys 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.


