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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Cast
11 people
John F. Kennedy
Self
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Self
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Jacqueline Kennedy
Self
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Robert F. Kennedy
Self
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Muriel Humphrey
Self
Robert Drew
Self
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Joseph McBride
Self - Kennedy Volunteer
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Joseph Julian
Narrator (voice)
Also in
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Perry Mason
Philleo Nash
Self
Pierre Salinger
Self (uncredited)
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Clement John Zablocki
Self (uncredited)
Robert Drew Director · Albert Maysles Cinematographer Richard Leacock Cinematographer
United States release November 8, 1960 · Produced in United States · Production TIME Studios
Production
Drew Associates
Production
TIME Studios
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 8, 1960
Theatrical · Date of Primary
Canada
October 14, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Czechia
April 16, 2004 · Premiere · One World Film Festival
Denmark
November 15, 2003 · Premiere · CPH:DOX
France
March 25, 2011 · Premiere · Cinema du Reel Film Festival
Italy
June 15, 2018 · Premiere · Biografilm Festival
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