| Summary: | "A new kind of reporting, a new form of history," Robert Drew promised John F. Kennedy. He was proposing that a revolutionary, small camera operated by cameraman Rickard Leacock and sync-sound recorder operated by himself, live with Kennedy day and night for nearly a week during the climax of his 1960 Wisconsin presidential primary run against Hubert Humphrey. Unlike the directed, narrated documentaries of the day, Drew's freewheeling photography moved with its subjects and brought audiences straight into the action. It captured Kennedy's rock-star-like presence and Jackie's quiet radiance. It granted audiences unprecedented access into the world of a young politician and his glamorous wife as they campaigned across the Wisconsin landscape and navigated their way through throngs of ardent supporters. The resulting film, Primary, turned out to be a cinematic experience unique in the history of film, the first in the development of American cinéma vérité. Extras include commentary by director and photographer, filmmaker statement, filmmaker biography, etc.
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