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 as Self
Michael Dukakis as Self
Ishmael Reed as Self
Sam Donaldson as Self
Mary Matalin as Self - Atwater Aide '88
Strom Thurmond as Self (archive footage)
Lee Atwater as Self (archive footage)
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Stefan Forbes · Director, Writer
Noland Walker · Writer
Tim Robert · Composer
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