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19600h 53m6.5/ 10 · TMDB · 42 votes
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.

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Directed by Robert Drew

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy

Self

Hubert H. Humphrey
Hubert H. Humphrey

Self

Jacqueline Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy

Self

Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy

Self

Muriel Humphrey
Muriel Humphrey

Self

Robert Drew
Robert Drew

Self

Joseph McBride
Joseph McBride

Self - Kennedy Volunteer

Joseph Julian

Narrator (voice)

Philleo Nash

Self

Pierre Salinger

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Film details

Released8 Nov 1960
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
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Pierre Salinger

Self (uncredited)

Clement John Zablocki

Self (uncredited)