Primary

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.

Data de estreia
1960-11-08
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (42)
Duração
53 min
Géneros
Documentário
Realizador
Robert Drew

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Curiosidades

Primary is a 1960 American direct cinema documentary film directed by Robert Drew about the April 5, 1960 primary election in Wisconsin between Democratic Party candidates John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey. They were vying to be chosen as their party's nominee in the upcoming general election. The film covers the last hectic days and hours of the primary campaign.

Production

Primary was produced by Robert Drew and his newly formed film company Drew Associates. The camera crew included Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker, Terence Macartney-Filgate, and Albert Maysles. The resulting work was a breakthrough in documentary film style, and in providing an inside look at a political campaign.

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