Program 3 1960: Everything Changes
Primary
- 1960 / B&W / Digital File (Original: 16mm) / 53 min
Producer, Managing Editor, Script: Robert Drew
Photography, Sequence Editors: Richard Leacock, D.A. Pennebaker, Terence Macartney-Filgate
Photography: Albert Maysles, Bill Knoll
Sequence Editor: Robert Farren
Narration: Joseph Julian
Source: Drew Associates
Watching Primary, Jonas Mekas wrote of “a feeling in the air that cinema is only just beginning.” Previous Drew films featured handheld camerawork; however, for this work he deployed his re-engineered, lightweight camera and set the basic principles for Direct Cinema.
Yanki No!
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1960 / B&W / Digital File (Original: 16mm) / 53 min
Filmmakers: Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles, D.A. Pennebaker
Editing: Robert Farren, Stephen Schmidt, Zina Voynow
Narration: Joseph Julian
Translator: Patricia Powell
Reporters: William Worthy, Serita King
Producer: Robert Drew
Source: Drew Associates
Drew Associates capture a diplomatic showdown between the US and Cuba. Despite the stern narration, audiences found the handheld camerawork at meetings, slums, and a massive rally vividly real.