Made first for older men 1
Primary's audience scores lean most toward older men at 81 of 100 1. Its overall reach is rated targeted — targeted reach aimed at a specific demographic segment 2. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Black and Hispanic 3. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 0 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 4.
- 1Audience scoreolder men 81 of 100 is the top quadrant.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 2ReachAudience breadth rated targeted.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 3RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 90, Black 26, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
- 4Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 0 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
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Synopsis
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.
Age: 56 — leans mature
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Advocacy Over Time in Documentary
The average advocacy score of Documentary titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1905 | 0 | 5 |
| 1938 | 2 | 2 |
| 1967 | 0 | 2 |
| 1968 | 4 | 2 |
| 1970 | 0 | 3 |
| 1971 | 0 | 2 |
| 1974 | 0 | 3 |
| 1975 | 5 | 3 |
| 1985 | 0 | 2 |
| 1989 | 0 | 3 |
| 1990 | 0 | 2 |
| 1992 | 0 | 3 |
| 1994 | 0 | 3 |
| 1996 | 0 | 4 |
| 1997 | 0 | 5 |
| 1999 | 0 | 7 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 11 |
| 2003 | 1 | 15 |
| 2004 | 0 | 9 |
| 2005 | 1 | 11 |
| 2006 | 0 | 20 |
| 2007 | 0 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 13 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 9 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 8 |
| 2014 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 12 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 17 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 | 2 |
| This title (1960) | 0 | 1 |
● This title (1960): advocacy 0 · explore Documentary →
Cast & Crew
Albert Maysles (director) · Robert Drew (director)
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