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Primary

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NR 1960 · 53m
Documentary
Starring John F. Kennedy · Hubert H. Humphrey · Jacqueline Kennedy
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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.

Theatrical
Nov 8, 1960
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 11, 2003
Director
Robert Drew
Producer
Robert Drew
Studio
Drew Associates
Keywords
usa president staging presidential election media election campaign democracy direct cinema
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Cast

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J
John F. Kennedy
Self
H
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self
J
Jacqueline Kennedy
Self
R
Robert F. Kennedy
Self
R
Robert Drew
Self
J
Joseph McBride
Self - Kennedy Volunteer
J
Joseph Julian
Narrator (voice)
P
Pierre Salinger
Self (uncredited)
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