Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed
1996·1h 26m
7.5/ 10 (2 votes)
DocumentaryTV Movie
Overview
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
Writers
Virginia Yans-McLaughlin, Robert Seidman
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
Details
Language
en
Status
Released
