2012 Diversity Film Festival ''The Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story''

Description

Winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award, the Polk Award for Excellence in Journalism and the International Documentary Association's Donnet Award, ''Boogie Man'' has been called one of the best political documentaries ever made. The film follows the rise and fall of Lee Atwater, the charming, Machiavellian godfather of modern, take-no-prisoners Republican political campaigns. Both a political thriller and a truly scary story, ''Boogie Man'' provides a context for controversial—some would say underhanded—tactics of current-day elections.