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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.
Director
Stefan Forbes
Production
InterPositive Media
Cast
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Tom DeLay
Michael Dukakis
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Ishmael Reed
Sam Donaldson
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Mary Matalin
Self - Atwater Aide '88
Strom Thurmond
Self (archive footage)
