Movie·1960·0h 53m
Primary
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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The Story
Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use light equipment in order to follow their subjects in a more intimate filmmaking style. This unconventional way of filming created a new look for documentary films where the camera’s lens was right in the middle of what ever drama was occurring. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1998.
Producer
Robert Drew
Cinematography
Richard Leacock
Editor
D. A. Pennebaker
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
40 votes
Where to watch
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// cast
Cast
John F. Kennedy
Self
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self
Jacqueline Kennedy
Self
Robert F. Kennedy
Self
Muriel Humphrey
Self
Robert Drew
Self
Joseph McBride
Self - Kennedy Volunteer
Joseph Julian
Narrator (voice)
Philleo Nash
Self
Pierre Salinger
Self (uncredited)
Clement John Zablocki
Self (uncredited)
// crew
Crew
Robert Drew
Director, Writer, Producer
D. A. Pennebaker
Editor
Richard Leacock
Editor, Director of Photography
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Editor
Albert Maysles
Director of Photography
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