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Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Documentary | TV Movie

6.0

Release Date

January 1, 1996

Duration

86 min

Status

Released

Language

en

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.

Casts

Margaret Mead

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Mead

Christine Ward Gailey

Self

Christine Ward Gailey

Nancy C. Lutkehaus

Self

Nancy C. Lutkehaus

Yolanda Moses

Self

Yolanda Moses

Mary Catherine Bateson

Self

Mary Catherine Bateson

Roy A. Rappaport

Self

Roy A. Rappaport

Luther S. Cressman

Self

Luther S. Cressman

Nancy Marchand

Narrator

Nancy Marchand

Gregory Bateson

Self (archival footage)

Gregory Bateson

Julie Boyd

Margaret Mead

Julie Boyd

Miriam Healy-Louie

Ruth Benedict

Miriam Healy-Louie

Christopher Coucill

Gregory Bateson

Christopher Coucill

Patrick O'Connell

Reo Fortune

Patrick O'Connell

Lutz Rath

Franz Boas (voice)

Lutz Rath

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