
01/01/1996
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
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

Miriam Healy-Louie
as Ruth Benedict

Christopher Coucill
as Gregory Bateson

Patrick O'Connell
as Reo Fortune

Lutz Rath
as Franz Boas (voice)
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