Primary (1960)
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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 occuring.
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Hubert H. HumphreySelf
Jacqueline KennedySelfMuriel Buck HumphreySelfJoseph JulianNarrator (voice)
Robert F. KennedySelf
Robert DrewSelf
John F. KennedySelf
Joseph McBrideSelf - Kennedy VolunteerPhilleo NashSelfPierre SalingerSelf (uncredited)Clement John ZablockiSelf (uncredited)Keywords
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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 occuring.
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Primary has a runtime of 53 minutes.
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