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

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

7.5 1996 86mDocumentaryTV 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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Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead

Self (archive footage)

Christine Ward Gailey

Christine Ward Gailey

Self

Nancy C. Lutkehaus

Nancy C. Lutkehaus

Self

Yolanda Moses

Yolanda Moses

Self

Mary Catherine Bateson

Mary Catherine Bateson

Self

Roy A. Rappaport

Roy A. Rappaport

Self

Luther S. Cressman

Luther S. Cressman

Self

Nancy Marchand

Nancy Marchand

Narrator

Gregory Bateson

Gregory Bateson

Self (archival footage)

Julie Boyd

Julie Boyd

Margaret Mead

Miriam Healy-Louie

Miriam Healy-Louie

Ruth Benedict

Christopher Coucill

Christopher Coucill

Gregory Bateson

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