Frontline - Season 26 Episode 17 Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
In the wake of yet another hard-fought and bitter presidential campaign, FRONTLINE presents a spirited and revealing biography of Lee Atwater, the charming, Machiavellian godfather of modern, take-no-prisoners Republican political campaigns. Through eye-opening interviews with Atwater's closest friends and adversaries, the film explores the life of the controversial political operative who mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush, led the GOP to historic victories, and wrote the party's winning playbook. The story tracks Atwater's rise from his beginnings in South Carolina as a high school election kingmaker all the way to the White House and his subsequent battle with cancer and final search for forgiveness and redemption. To Democrats, Atwater was a political assassin who one Congresswoman dubbed "the most evil man in America," but to Republicans he remains a hero for his deep understanding of the American voter and his unapologetic vision of politics as warfare.
Year: 2025
Genre: Documentary, News
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
Director: David Fanning
Cast: Will Lyman
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First Air Date: Jan 17, 1983
Last Air date: May 06, 2025
Season: 44 Season
Episode: 834 Episode
Runtime: 55 minutes
IMDb: 7.50/10 by 43.00 users
Popularity: 117.3916
Language: English
Keyword : investigative journalism
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