Primary (1960)
60 min
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
- November 8, 1960
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Robert Drew as Self
- Hubert H. Humphrey as Self
- Muriel Buck Humphrey as Self
- Joseph Julian as Self - Narrator
- John F. Kennedy as Self
- Robert F. Kennedy as Self
- Joseph McBride as Self - Kennedy volunteer
- Philleo Nash as Self
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as Self
- Pierre Salinger as Self
Crew
- Robert Drew · Director
- Robert Drew · Writer
- Robert Drew · Producer
- Richard Leacock · Cinematographer
- Albert Maysles · Cinematographer