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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1Cast
John F. Kennedy Self
Hubert H. Humphrey Self
Jacqueline Kennedy Self
Robert F. Kennedy Self
Muriel Humphrey Self
Robert Drew Self
Joseph McBride Self - Kennedy Volunteer Joseph Julian Narrator (voice)
Philleo Nash Self
Pierre Salinger Self (uncredited) Clement John Zablocki Self (uncredited)
Screenings in Brussels
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