Primary (1960)

Primary (1960)

1960-11-08 United States of America 53 Min. PG-13
6.4 35 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

Robert Drew is Self
Self
Hubert H. Humphrey is Self
Self
Muriel Buck Humphrey is Self
Self
Joseph Julian is Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Jacqueline Kennedy is Self
Self
John F. Kennedy is Self
Self
Robert F. Kennedy is Self
Self
Joseph McBride is Self - Kennedy Volunteer
Self - Kennedy Volunteer
Philleo Nash is Self
Self
Pierre Salinger is Self (uncredited)
Self (uncredited)
Clement John Zablocki is Self (uncredited)
Self (uncredited)

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