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Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed
Released
1h 26m
1/1/1996
en - US
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.
Documentary
TV Movie
Actors

Margaret Mead
Self (archive footage)

Christine Ward Gailey
Self

Nancy C. Lutkehaus
Self

Yolanda Moses
Self

Mary Catherine Bateson
Self

Roy A. Rappaport
Self

Luther S. Cressman
Self

Nancy Marchand
Narrator

Gregory Bateson
Self (archival footage)

Julie Boyd
Margaret Mead

Miriam Healy-Louie
Ruth Benedict

Christopher Coucill
Gregory Bateson

Patrick O'Connell
Reo Fortune

Lutz Rath
Franz Boas (voice)