Primary (1960)
Directed by Robert Drew · 53 min · Documentary
9.7 TOPICAL score · #5,634 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Primary (1960, directed by Robert Drew) has a TOPICAL score of 9.7 - ranked 5,634 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on audience and historical impact, and lowest on awards. Audiences: TMDB 6.5/10 (42 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 9 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
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- AudienceTMDB 6.5/10 (42 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 9 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read1,207 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: John F. Kennedy (actor #1,654), Hubert Humphrey, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Robert F. Kennedy