The team devised a set of revolutionary principles: No interviews. Tell the story through action, not narration. Don't interfere with what's happening, just observe. In Primary, the cameras follow the candidates as they meet voters on the street, catnap in cars, and confer with aides in private rooms. In an iconic shot, Maysles's camera trails Kennedy through hundreds of supporters in a hall in heavily Polish Catholic Milwaukee, and the crowd breaks into his campaign song, "High Hopes.
Thom Powers
april 26, 2016