Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)
1h 26m
Running Time
September 26, 2008Release Date
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)
1h 26m
Running Time
September 26, 2008Release Date
Plot.
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 & Crew.
Mary Matalin
Self - Atwater Aide '88
Margaret Crimmins
Sound Editor
Brett Wiley
Additional Photography
Joe Conason
Self - Journalist, Salon.com
Emir Lewis
Additional Editor
Roger Stone
Self - Atwater Friend & Republican Operative
Scott Cannizzaro
Sound Editor
Stephen McCarthy
Additional Photography
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Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story is a 2008 U.S. documentary on the controversial campaign tactics used by Lee Atwater, while working on George H. W. Bush's 1988 presidential election campaign, and how those tactics have transformed presidential campaigns in the United States.
In an independent theatrical release from InterPositive Media, the film was a Critic's Pick in both The New York Times and The Washington Post, screened at the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, played 40 American cities theatrically in the fall of 2008 and was number seven in nationwide per-screen average the weekend of its release.