Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

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.

Cast

Margaret Mead

Self (archive footage)

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Christine Ward Gailey

Self

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Nancy C. Lutkehaus

Self

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Yolanda Moses

Self

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Mary Catherine Bateson

Self

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Roy A. Rappaport

Self

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Luther S. Cressman

Self

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Nancy Marchand

Narrator

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Gregory Bateson

Self (archival footage)

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Julie Boyd

Margaret Mead

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Miriam Healy-Louie

Ruth Benedict

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Christopher Coucill

Gregory Bateson