Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

  • Rated 7.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1996
  • 1h 26m
  • Documentary
  • TV 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.

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Director
Alan Berliner
Starring
Margaret Mead, Christine Ward Gailey, Nancy C. Lutkehaus, Yolanda Moses

Cast

  • Margaret Mead

    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

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