Primary (1960)
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.
Director: Robert Drew
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John F. Kennedy as Self |
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Hubert H. Humphrey as Self |
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Jacqueline Kennedy as Self |
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Robert F. Kennedy as Self |
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Muriel Humphrey as Self |
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Robert Drew as Self |
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Joseph McBride as Self - Kennedy Volunteer |
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Joseph Julian as Narrator (voice) |
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Philleo Nash as Self |
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Pierre Salinger as Self (uncredited) |
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Clement John Zablocki as Self (uncredited) |
| Editing | D. A. Pennebaker | Editor |
| Directing | Robert Drew | Director |
| Camera | Richard Leacock | Camera Operator |
| Camera | D. A. Pennebaker | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Robert Drew | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Albert Maysles | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Robert Drew | Editorial Manager |
| Sound | D. A. Pennebaker | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Terence Macartney-Filgate | Editor |
| Camera | Terence Macartney-Filgate | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Richard Leacock | Editor |
| Camera | Richard Leacock | Director of Photography |
| Production | Robert Drew | Producer |
| Writing | Robert Drew | Writer |
| Camera | Albert Maysles | Director of Photography |
