Watch Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008) Free Online

Release Date: 2008

Cast: Michael Dukakis, Eric Alterman

Categories: Movies, Biography, Documentary, History, Political cinema

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story is a 2008 U.S. documentary on the campaign tactics used by Lee Atwater while working on the George H.W. Bush 1988 presidential campaign, and how those tactics have transformed presidential campaigns in the United States. In an independent release from InterPositive Media, the film was a Critic's Pick in both the New York Times and Washington Post, screened at the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, played 40 American cities in the fall of 2008 and was #7 in nationwide per-screen average the weekend of its release. It has been called one of... MORE

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story is a 2008 U.S. documentary on the campaign tactics used by Lee Atwater while working on the George H.W. Bush 1988 presidential campaign, and how those tactics have transformed presidential campaigns in the United States. In an independent release from InterPositive Media, the film was a Critic's Pick in both the New York Times and Washington Post, screened at the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, played 40 American cities in the fall of 2008 and was #7 in nationwide per-screen average the weekend of its release. It has been called one of the best political documentaries ever made. The term Boogie Man in the documentary's title is a triple entendre that refers to The film won the national Edward R. Murrow Award, a 2009 Polk Award for Excellence in Journalism, won the Chris Award at the Columbus International Film & Video Festival, was nominated for the WGA Award for Best Theatrical Documentary, and director Stefan Forbes received the Emerging Filmmaker Award from the International Documentary Association. Conservatives have charged the film contains left-wing bias. The documentary was retitled as Dirty Tricks: The Man Who Got the LESS