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Primary

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1960 | 53 min | Documentary

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for the curious. If you loved An Inconvenient Truth, start here.
The mood
Eye-opening.
The pace
Moves along nicely, at 53 min.
What might put you off
Made in 1960: an older pace and style.

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 8K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Robert Drew

  • John F. KennedySelf
  • Hubert H. HumphreySelf
  • Jacqueline KennedySelf
  • Robert F. KennedySelf
  • Muriel HumphreySelf
  • Robert DrewSelf
  • Joseph McBrideSelf - Kennedy Volunteer
  • Joseph JulianNarrator (voice)
  • Philleo NashSelf
  • Pierre SalingerSelf (uncredited)