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.
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Cast
- 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
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