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.
Top Billed Cast
Robert Drew
Self
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self
Muriel Buck Humphrey
Self
Joseph Julian
Narrator (voice)
Jacqueline Kennedy
Self
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
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Editor
Richard Leacock
Director of Photography
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