2008 Films

Boogie Man

Saturday, April 5th, 7:45pm
Duration: 116 min
Venue: Durham School of the Arts - Weaver Auditorium
  • Boogie Man

    2008. USA. 91 mins. Directed by Stefan Forbes. Produced by Stefan Forbes, Noland Walker.
    World Premiere

    Lee Atwater was a blues-playing rogue who led the Republican party to historic victories, helped make liberal a dirty word, and transformed the way America elects our Presidents. In eye-opening interviews with friends and foes alike, Boogie Man reveals Atwater’s crucial role in the victories of President Reagan and both Presidents Bush and his influence on his then-protégé Karl Rove. To Democrats, Atwater was a remorseless political assassin dubbed by one Congresswoman as “the most evil man in America.” But he remains a hero to many Republicans for his irreverent sense of humor, his deep understanding of the American heartland, and his unapologetic vision of politics as war. DLP

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