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Poster of Primary

Primary

1960-0h 53min
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6.4 / 10 36

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.

Directed by Robert Drew

Writers Robert Drew

Stars Hubert H. Humphrey Muriel Buck Humphrey Joseph Julian

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Cast

Hubert H. Humphrey's picture in the cast

Hubert H. Humphrey

Self
Muriel Buck Humphrey's picture in the cast

Muriel Buck Humphrey

Self
Joseph Julian's picture in the cast

Joseph Julian

Narrator (voice)
Jacqueline Kennedy's picture in the cast

Jacqueline Kennedy

Self
John F. Kennedy's picture in the cast

John F. Kennedy

Self
Robert F. Kennedy's picture in the cast

Robert F. Kennedy

Self
Joseph McBride's picture in the cast

Joseph McBride

Self - Kennedy Volunteer
Philleo Nash's picture in the cast

Philleo Nash

Self
Pierre Salinger's picture in the cast

Pierre Salinger

Self (uncredited)
Clement John Zablocki's picture in the cast

Clement John Zablocki

Self (uncredited)

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