Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed (1996)
Documentary · TV Movie
Overview
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
- Margaret Mead as Self (archive footage)
- Christine Ward Gailey as Self
- Nancy C. Lutkehaus as Self
- Yolanda Moses as Self
- Mary Catherine Bateson as Self
- Roy A. Rappaport as Self
- Luther S. Cressman as Self
- Nancy Marchand as Narrator
- Gregory Bateson as Self (archival footage)
- Julie Boyd as Margaret Mead