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Primary is a 1960

1960 in film

The year 1960 in film involved some significant events....
Direct Cinema

Direct Cinema

Direct Cinema is a Documentary film genre that originated between 1958 and 1962 in North America, principally in the Canadian province of Quebec and the United States....
documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
about the 1960 primary election

Primary election

A primary election , also referred to simply as a primary, is an election in which voters in a jurisdiction select candidates for a subsequent election....
between John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1961 until John F....
and Hubert Humphrey

Hubert Humphrey

Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States, serving under President Lyndon B....
for the United States Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States

President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
. Produced by Robert Drew

Robert Drew

Robert Lincoln Drew in Toledo, Ohio, Ohio) is an American documentary filmmaker known as the father of cinema verite, or direct cinema, in the United States....
, shot by Richard Leacock

Richard Leacock

Richard Leacock is a documentary film director and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema....
and Albert Maysles, and edited by D. A. Pennebaker

D. A. Pennebaker

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Primary is a 1960

1960 in film

The year 1960 in film involved some significant events....
Direct Cinema

Direct Cinema

Direct Cinema is a Documentary film genre that originated between 1958 and 1962 in North America, principally in the Canadian province of Quebec and the United States....
documentary film

Documentary film

Primary election

A primary election , also referred to simply as a primary, is an election in which voters in a jurisdiction select candidates for a subsequent election....
between John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

Hubert Humphrey

President of the United States

Robert Drew

Robert Lincoln Drew in Toledo, Ohio, Ohio) is an American documentary filmmaker known as the father of cinema verite, or direct cinema, in the United States....
, shot by Richard Leacock

Richard Leacock

Richard Leacock is a documentary film director and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema....
and Albert Maysles, and edited by D. A. Pennebaker

D. A. Pennebaker

Donn Alan "D. A." Pennebaker is an United States documentary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema/Cin?ma v?rit?. Performing arts and politics are his primary subjects....
, 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.

Primary has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress

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and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry

National Film Registry

The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress....
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