Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

86 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Jan. 1, 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.

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

86 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Jan. 1, 1996

Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed
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.
Producers
Original title Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed
Directors Alan Berliner
Writers Robert Seidman, Virginia Yans-McLaughlin

Cast

Margaret Mead

as Self (archive footage)

Yolanda Moses

as Self

Nancy Marchand

as Narrator

Gregory Bateson

as Self (archival footage)

Julie Boyd

as Margaret Mead

Miriam Healy-Louie

as Ruth Benedict

Christopher Coucill

as Gregory Bateson

Patrick O'Connell

as Reo Fortune

Lutz Rath

as Franz Boas (voice)