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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.
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- Robert Drew
- Written by
- Robert Drew
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- Robert Drew
- Music by
- Robert Drew, D. A. Pennebaker
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Facts
November 8, 1960 · 53 min · NR
- Released
- November 8, 1960
- Runtime
- 53 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United States
- Available in
- 8 countries
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Bookends, Election Day Episode, Everybody Smokes +6