Primary

53 mins
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.

Robert Drew

Director

Robert Drew

Sound Recordist

D. A. Pennebaker

Sound Recordist

Richard Leacock

Camera Operator

D. A. Pennebaker

Camera Operator

Albert Maysles

Camera Operator

Robert Drew

Editorial Manager

Richard Leacock

Director of Photography

Robert Drew

Producer

Albert Maysles

Director of Photography

Recommended

Similar