Primary
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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 occurring. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 1998.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1960-11-08
Runtime: 53 mins
Director: Robert Drew
Writer: Robert Drew
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Primary
Production Companies: Drew Associates
Production Countries: United States of America
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