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Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

1996 · Alan Berliner · 86 min

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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 MeadSelf (archive footage)CChristine Ward GaileySelfNNancy C. LutkehausSelfYYolanda MosesSelfMMary Catherine BatesonSelfRRoy A. RappaportSelfLLuther S. CressmanSelfNNancy MarchandNarratorGGregory BatesonSelf (archival footage)JJulie BoydMargaret MeadMMiriam Healy-LouieRuth BenedictCChristopher CoucillGregory BatesonPPatrick O'ConnellReo FortuneLLutz RathFranz Boas (voice)

Cast

Margaret MeadSelf (archive footage)CChristine Ward GaileySelfNNancy C. LutkehausSelfYYolanda MosesSelfMMary Catherine BatesonSelfRRoy A. RappaportSelfLLuther S. CressmanSelfNNancy MarchandNarratorGGregory BatesonSelf (archival footage)JJulie BoydMargaret MeadMMiriam Healy-LouieRuth BenedictCChristopher CoucillGregory BatesonPPatrick O'ConnellReo FortuneLLutz RathFranz Boas (voice)

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