Primary is a 1960 American documentary directed by Robert Drew, following the closely contested Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary between Senators John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey. Made with newly developed portable synchronized-sound cameras built by Drew's team specifically to let filmmakers follow their subjects into crowds, cars and hotel rooms without the encumbrance of earlier equipment, it dispensed with narration and interviews in favor of direct observation of the candidates on the campaign trail. The film is widely credited by documentary historians as the founding work of the American direct cinema movement, establishing an observational style that influenced decades of later nonfiction filmmaking.
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Primary is a 1960 American direct cinema documentary film directed by Robert Drew about the April 5, 1960 primary election in Wisconsin between Democratic Party candidates John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey.
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Primary is a 1960 American direct cinema documentary film directed by Robert Drew about the April 5, 1960 primary election in Wisconsin between Democratic Party candidates John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey.
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Primary is a 1960 American documentary directed by Robert Drew, following the closely contested Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary between Senators John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey.
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Primary is a 1960 American direct cinema documentary film directed by Robert Drew about the April 5, 1960 primary election in Wisconsin between Democratic Party candidates John F.
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