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Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
In Person: Filmmaker Stefan Forbes
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story is a comprehensive look at Lee Atwater, the blues-playing rogue whose rambunctious rise from the South to Chairman of the GOP made him a household name. He mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush and played a crucial role in the elections of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He wrote the Republican Partys winning playbook which the McCain campaign is currently using. In eye-opening interviews with Atwaters closest friends and enemies, this film re-examines Atwaters crucial role in the remaking of the Republican Party. To Democrats offended by his cutthroat style (to say nothing of the 1988 Willie Horton controversy), Atwater was a political assassin dubbed the most evil man in America. But to most Republicans he remains a hero for his deep understanding of the American heartland, his expert manipulation of the media, and his unapologetic vision of politics as war. Director Stefan Forbes offers a timely documentary that examines the charming yet Machiavellian godfather of the modern negative political campaign.
USA, 2008, 86 min.
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LocationCinema Arts Centre
423 Park Ave
Huntington, NY 11731
United States
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