Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Directed by	Stefan Forbes
Produced by	Stefan Forbes, Noland Walker
Starring	Eric Alterman
Distributed by	Interpositive Media LLC
Release dates	September 26, 2008
Running time	86 mins
Country	United States
Language	English

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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.^{[citation needed]}

Critical reception

The film won the national Edward R. Murrow Award, a 2009 Polk Award for Excellence in Journalism, and the Chris Award at the Columbus International Film & Video Festival. It was nominated for the WGA Award for Best Theatrical Documentary. Director Stefan Forbes received the Emerging Filmmaker Award from the International Documentary Association. Conservatives have criticized the film for what they say is left-wing bias.^[1]

The documentary was retitled as Dirty Tricks: The Man Who Got the Bushes Elected when it was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Four.^[2]

On November 11, 2008, the PBS series Frontline broadcast a slightly shortened version of the documentary.