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6.5Primary 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.
Released: 1960-11-0853 minDir: Robert DrewDocumentary
Cast
- John F. Kennedy as Self
- Hubert H. Humphrey as Self
- Jacqueline Kennedy as Self
- Robert F. Kennedy as Self
- Muriel Humphrey as Self
- Robert Drew as Self
Themes
- usa president
- election campaign
- presidential election
- staging
- media
- democracy
- direct cinema
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- 60
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- publication date
- 1960-01-01
- title
- Primary
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1960 United States presidential election
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Robert Drew
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Albert and David Maysles
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direct cinema
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John F. Kennedy
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Vietnam War
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President of the United States
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List of presidents of the United States
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Democratic Party (United States)
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IMDb
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The New York Times
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Apollo 11
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Library of Congress
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United States Senate
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
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Robert F. Kennedy
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documentary film
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Categories
1960 American films1960 documentary films1960 English-language films1960 films1960 in Wisconsin1960 United States Democratic presidential primariesAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican documentary filmsBlack-and-white documentary filmsDocumentary films about elections in the United StatesDocumentary films about John F. KennedyDocumentary films about WisconsinEnglish-language documentary filmsFilms directed by Robert DrewFilms shot in WisconsinHubert HumphreyPolitical history of WisconsinTemplate film date with 1 release dateUnited States National Film Registry films