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Primary

Primary (1960)

6.5 | 08 Nov 1960 | Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Robert Drew Director
D. A. Pennebaker Editor
Robert Drew Sound Recordist
D. A. Pennebaker Sound Recordist
Richard Leacock Camera Operator
D. A. Pennebaker Camera Operator
Terence Macartney-Filgate Camera Operator
Albert Maysles Camera Operator
Robert Drew Editorial Manager
Richard Leacock Editor

Primary (1960) Cast & Crew

Primary (1960) Images

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