Film

Primary

1960 · 53m · Documentary

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

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.

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)

• Robert DrewDirector · Producer · Writer
• Richard LeacockEditor · Director of Photography
• Albert MayslesDirector of Photography
• D. A. PennebakerEditor
• Terence Macartney-FilgateEditor

Release date

November 8, 1960

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

53m

Rated

NR

Genres

Documentary

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