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) |
| Directing | Robert Drew | Director |
| Editing | D. A. Pennebaker | Editor |
| Camera | D. A. Pennebaker | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Richard Leacock | Camera Operator |
| Sound | D. A. Pennebaker | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Robert Drew | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Albert Maysles | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Terence Macartney-Filgate | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Terence Macartney-Filgate | Editor |
| Editing | Robert Drew | Editorial Manager |
| Editing | Richard Leacock | Editor |
| Camera | Richard Leacock | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Albert Maysles | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Robert Drew | Writer |
| Production | Robert Drew | Producer |
