Primary (1960)
Primary
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.
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Robert Drew
as Self
as Self
Hubert H. Humphrey
as Self
as Self
Muriel Buck Humphrey
as Self
as Self
Joseph Julian
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
Jacqueline Kennedy
as Self
as Self
John F. Kennedy
as Self
as Self
Robert F. Kennedy
as Self
as Self
Joseph McBride
as Self - Kennedy Volunteer
as Self - Kennedy Volunteer
Philleo Nash
as Self
as Self
Pierre Salinger
as Self (uncredited)
as Self (uncredited)
Clement John Zablocki
as Self (uncredited)
as Self (uncredited)
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Robert Drew
Director
Director
D. A. Pennebaker
Editor
Editor
D. A. Pennebaker
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Richard Leacock
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
D. A. Pennebaker
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Robert Drew
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Albert Maysles
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Editor
Editor
Robert Drew
Editorial Manager
Editorial Manager
Richard Leacock
Editor
Editor
Richard Leacock
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Albert Maysles
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Robert Drew
Writer
Writer
Robert Drew
Producer
Producer
