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Primary is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Robert Drew released in USA on 8 november 1960 with Robert Drew

Primary (1960)

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Released in USA 8 november 1960
Length 1h
Directed by
OriginUSA
Rating70% 3.537793.537793.537793.537793.53779

Primary is a 1960 Direct Cinema documentary film about the 1960 Wisconsin Primary election between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey for the United States Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States.

Produced by Robert Drew, shot by Richard Leacock and Albert Maysles, and edited by D. A. Pennebaker, the film was a breakthrough in documentary film style. Most importantly, through the use of mobile cameras and lighter sound equipment, the filmmakers were able to follow the candidates as they wound their way through cheering crowds, cram with them into crowded hotel rooms, and to hover around their faces as they awaited polling results. This resulted in a greater intimacy than was possible with the older, more classical techniques of documentary filmmaking; and it established what has since become the standard style of video reporting.

In 1990, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film's importance in the evolution of documentary filmmaking was explored in the film Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment.

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Primairy est un film documentaire sur les élections primaires du parti démocrate, entre John F. Kennedy et Hubert Humphrey, pour les élections de 1960 à la présidence des États-Unis.

Actors

Robert Drew

(Self)Joseph McBride

(Self - Kennedy Volunteer)
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