Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed
Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed (1996)

1996-01-01

(US) •

Documentary,

TV Movie

6.0/10

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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.

Movie Cast

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Margaret Mead

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Christine Ward Gailey

Self

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Nancy C. Lutkehaus

Self

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Yolanda Moses

Self

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Mary Catherine Bateson

Self

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Roy A. Rappaport

Self

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Luther S. Cressman

Self

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Nancy Marchand

Narrator

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Gregory Bateson

Self (archival footage)

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Julie Boyd

Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Miriam Healy-Louie

Ruth Benedict

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Christopher Coucill

Gregory Bateson

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Patrick O'Connell

Reo Fortune

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Lutz Rath

Franz Boas (voice)