Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed
1996•G•1h 26m•7.5•Released
DocumentaryTV Movie
A documentary on the influential anthropologist Margaret Mead. Using never-before-seen archival footage, stills, interviews and dramatic re-creations, it shows the journey of how Mead became a scientist, adventurer, and international celebrity. As a true pioneer of cultural anthropology, her findings and ideas shaped how we think about ourselves.
Director
Alan Berliner
Writer
Virginia Yans-McLaughlin, Robert Seidman
Languages
English
Cast
Margaret Mead
Self (archive footage)
Christine Ward Gailey
Self
Nancy C. Lutkehaus
Self
Yolanda Moses
Self
Mary Catherine Bateson
Self
Roy A. Rappaport
Self
Luther S. Cressman
Self
Nancy Marchand
Narrator
Gregory Bateson
Self (archival footage)
Julie Boyd
Margaret Mead
Miriam Healy-Louie
Ruth Benedict
Christopher Coucill
Gregory Bateson
Patrick O'Connell
Reo Fortune
Lutz Rath
Franz Boas (voice)
Production
Producer
Gail Jansen
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