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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.
Sep 26, 2008 · With Lee Atwater, Tucker Eskew, Joe Sligh, Eric Alterman. The Murrow, Polk, and IDA Award-winning documentary Boogie Man is about Lee Atwater, a blues-playing rogue whose rise from the South to Chairman of the GOP made him a political rock star.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Stefan Forbes
- 2008-09-26
Jan 18, 2023 · This documentary from director Stefan Forbes examines the political and personal life of the late Lee Atwater, notorious for his no-holds-barred strategies that powered the campaign of George...
- 88 min
- 21.8K
- Gravitas Documentaries
In Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story, producer Stefan Forbes reveals new information about the meteoric rise and tragic demise of a man both admired and reviled for the controversial, sometimes...
Nov 11, 2008 · Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story: Directed by Stefan Forbes. In wake of yet another hard-fought and bitter presidential campaign, FRONTLINE presents a spirited.
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- Documentary, News
- Stefan Forbes
- 2008-11-11
This documentary from director Stefan Forbes examines the political and personal life of the late Lee Atwater, notorious for his no-holds-barred strategies that powered the campaign of George H.W. Bush. Forbes analyzes Atwater's pivotal role in the rise of the Republican Party in the 1980s, and also documents a decidedly less partisan side of ...
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Oct 29, 2008 · Learning that Tom Turnipseed, a Democratic opponent to his South Carolina congressional candidate, had received shock therapy as a young man, Atwater gleefully translated: "They had to hook him up to jumper cables." "Boogie Man" is a fascinating portrait of an almost likable rogue.
