Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed (1996)
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.
- Released
- 1996-01-01
- Genres
- Documentary, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Alan Berliner
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Margaret Mead as Self (archive footage)
- Christine Ward Gailey as Self
- Nancy C. Lutkehaus as Self
- Yolanda Moses as Self
- Mary Catherine Bateson as Self
- Roy A. Rappaport as Self
- Luther S. Cressman as Self
- Nancy Marchand as Narrator
- Gregory Bateson as Self (archival footage)
- Julie Boyd as Margaret Mead
- Miriam Healy-Louie as Ruth Benedict
- Christopher Coucill as Gregory Bateson