Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Alan Berliner
1996-01-01


6
86 min

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

Name Character Team
Margaret Mead Self (archive footage) Unowned
Christine Ward Gailey Self Unowned
Nancy C. Lutkehaus Self Unowned
Yolanda Moses Self Unowned
Mary Catherine Bateson Self Unowned
Roy A. Rappaport Self Unowned
Luther S. Cressman Self Unowned
Nancy Marchand Narrator Unowned
Gregory Bateson Self (archival footage) Unowned
Julie Boyd Margaret Mead Unowned
Miriam Healy-Louie Ruth Benedict Unowned
Christopher Coucill Gregory Bateson Unowned
Patrick O'Connell Reo Fortune Unowned
Lutz Rath Franz Boas (voice) Unowned