Margaret Mead Movies

  • 1960
    Four Families

    Four Families

    Four Families

    01960HD

    A cross-cultural study of child-rearing in India, France, Japan, and Canada, observing how family practices around a one-year-old reflect broader...

    Four Families
  • 1972
    Survival of Spaceship Earth

    Survival of Spaceship Earth

    Survival of Spaceship Earth

    01972HD

    Earth's environmental crisis--brought about by uncontrolled technological progress--is endangering life on a global scale. At the core of the threats...

    Survival of Spaceship Earth
  • 1977
    UFO's Are Here!

    UFO's Are Here!

    UFO's Are Here!

    01977HD

    Australian-made film with Steven Spielberg, Stan Deyo, Stanton Friedman, Dr. Alan Hynek, Jacques Vallee, Ken Arnold, Betty Hill and Ray Palmer...

    UFO's Are Here!
  • 2016
    The Anthropologist

    The Anthropologist

    The Anthropologist

    102016HD

    Margaret Mead is the best known anthropologist of all time. How can her legacy guide a species that today faces unprecedented changes to its...

    The Anthropologist
  • 1996
    Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

    Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

    Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

    61996HD

    A documentary on the influential anthropologist Margaret Mead. Using never-before-seen archival footage, stills, interviews and dramatic...

    Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed
  • 1954
    Bathing Babies in Three Cultures

    Bathing Babies in Three Cultures

    Bathing Babies in Three Cultures

    01954HD

    This short ethnographic film presents a comparative study of infant bathing practices in three cultural settings: Bali, Iatmul communities along the...

    Bathing Babies in Three Cultures
  • 1952
    Childhood Rivalry in Bali and New Guinea

    Childhood Rivalry in Bali and New Guinea

    Childhood Rivalry in Bali and New Guinea

    01952HD

    This short ethnographic film presents comparative scenes of children of the same age in Bali and New Guinea responding to maternal attention given to...

    Childhood Rivalry in Bali and New Guinea
  • 1970
    Margaret Mead's New Guinea Journal

    Margaret Mead's New Guinea Journal

    Margaret Mead's New Guinea Journal

    01970HD

    In 1967 Dr. Margaret Mead, world famous anthropologist, returns to the village of Peri on Manus Island, New Guinea, which she previously visited in...

    Margaret Mead's New Guinea Journal
  • 2010
    An Ecology of Mind

    An Ecology of Mind

    An Ecology of Mind

    4.62010HD

    A portrait of Gregory Bateson, celebrated anthropologist, philosopher, author, naturalist, and systems theorist. His story is lovingly told by his...

    An Ecology of Mind
  • 1978
    Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend

    Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend

    Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend

    01978HD

    Jean Rouch filmed this loving and humorous portrait of anthropologist and filmmaker Margaret Mead in September 1977 while he was a guest of the first...

    Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend
  • 1952
    Trance and Dance in Bali

    Trance and Dance in Bali

    Trance and Dance in Bali

    5.21952HD

    Filmed in Bali in 1937 and released in 1952, this short documentary records a staged performance of the Kris Dance, documenting trance, ritual...

    Trance and Dance in Bali