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Primary

"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."

Cast

1420

Robert Drew

as Self

21112

Hubert H. Humphrey

as Self

4266560

Muriel Buck Humphrey

as Self

1612504

Joseph Julian

as Narrator (voice)

1050881

Jacqueline Kennedy

as Self

21111

John F. Kennedy

as Self

932497

Robert F. Kennedy

as Self

1204324

Joseph McBride

as Self - Kennedy Volunteer

4266563

Philleo Nash

as Self

198066

Pierre Salinger

as Self (uncredited)

4266566

Clement John Zablocki

as Self (uncredited)

Crew

21113

D. A. Pennebaker

Editor

1420

Robert Drew

Director

1342919

Richard Leacock

Camera Operator

21113

D. A. Pennebaker

Camera Operator

1420

Robert Drew

Sound Recordist

1418

Albert Maysles

Camera Operator

1420

Robert Drew

Editorial Manager

21113

D. A. Pennebaker

Sound Recordist

1335592

Terence Macartney-Filgate

Editor

1335592

Terence Macartney-Filgate

Camera Operator

1342919

Richard Leacock

Editor

1342919

Richard Leacock

Director of Photography

1420

Robert Drew

Producer

1420

Robert Drew

Writer

1418

Albert Maysles

Director of Photography