Primary

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MOVIE
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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.

Release Date

1960-11-08

Year

1960

Duration

53m

Status

Released

Score

6.46

Production

#usa-president#election-campaign#presidential-election#staging#media#democracy#direct-cinema

Cast

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Hubert H. Humphrey

Hubert H. Humphrey

Jacqueline Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy

Robert F. Kennedy

Muriel Humphrey

Muriel Humphrey

Robert Drew

Robert Drew

Joseph McBride

Joseph McBride

Self - Kennedy Volunteer

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Joseph Julian

Narrator (voice)

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Philleo Nash

Pierre Salinger

Pierre Salinger

Self (uncredited)