
Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed
1996•86 min•
★6.0
DocumentaryTV 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.
Cast & Crew

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

DirectorAlan Berliner
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