4. Primary
Widely seen today as a breakthrough moment for the art of documentary filmmaking, Primary was produced by Robert Drew and shot by Richard Leacock, D. A. Pennebaker, Terence Macartney-Filgate, and Albert Maysles. It chronicles the 1960 Democratic Party primary election in Wisconsin between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey, a race that Kennedy would win with 60.8 percent of the vote.
Described as “cinema verite” and “direct cinema,” this intimate documentary that followed the candidates through cheering crowds, hotel rooms, and cars across Wisconsin was not only a turning point for documentaries but a watershed moment in how the camera presented politicians with greater intimacy than was possible with the older style of documentary film making and something we are very used to seeing today.
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