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.

• Virginia Yans-McLaughlinWriter
• Robert SeidmanWriter
• Alan BerlinerDirector
• Jeffrey LevineOriginal Music Composer

• Margaret MeadSelf (archive footage)
• Christine Ward GaileySelf
• Nancy C. LutkehausSelf
• Yolanda MosesSelf
• Mary Catherine BatesonSelf
• Roy A. RappaportSelf
• Luther S. CressmanSelf
• Nancy MarchandNarrator
• Gregory BatesonSelf (archival footage)
• Julie BoydMargaret Mead
• Miriam Healy-LouieRuth Benedict
• Christopher CoucillGregory Bateson