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Primary

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Calorie Rating: 74
Released: 1960-11-08
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 53 Minutes
Studios: Drew Associates,


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.

Director / Directors

Robert Drew
Director


Cast

Robert Drew
Character: Self
Hubert H. Humphrey
Character: Self
Muriel Buck Humphrey
Character: Self

Joseph Julian
Character: Narrator (voice)
Jacqueline Kennedy
Character: Self
John F. Kennedy
Character: Self

Robert F. Kennedy
Character: Self
Joseph McBride
Character: Self - Kennedy Volunteer
Philleo Nash
Character: Self

Pierre Salinger
Character: Self (uncredited)
Clement John Zablocki
Character: Self (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Robert Drew
Sound Recordist
D. A. Pennebaker
Sound Recordist

Richard Leacock
Camera Operator
D. A. Pennebaker
Camera Operator

Albert Maysles
Camera Operator
Robert Drew
Editorial Manager

Richard Leacock
Director of Photography

Robert Drew
Producer
Albert Maysles
Director of Photography