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  • 2016
  • TV-14
  • Ironbound Films
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2016
  • TV-14
  • Ironbound Films
  • 1 h 18 m

Summary At the core of The Anthropologist are the parallel stories of two women: Margaret Mead, who popularized cultural anthropology in America; and Susie Crate, an environmental anthropologist currently studying the impact of climate change. Uniquely revealed from their daughters’ perspectives, Mead and Crate demonstrate a fascination with how...

  • 2016
  • TV-14
  • Ironbound Films
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2016
  • TV-14
  • Ironbound Films
  • 1 h 18 m

The Anthropologist

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Summary At the core of The Anthropologist are the parallel stories of two women: Margaret Mead, who popularized cultural anthropology in America; and Susie Crate, an environmental anthropologist currently studying the impact of climate change. Uniquely revealed from their daughters’ perspectives, Mead and Crate demonstrate a fascination with how...

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90
Nov 17, 2016
The utterly winning documentary The Anthropologist takes a unique perspective on the field of anthropology through the lens of a pair of female anthropologists and their daughters.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 10, 2016
At this point no documentarian can possibly have a fresh take on climate change, right? Wrong. The Anthropologist, a stealthily insightful film by Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger, improbably mixes that topic with a mother-daughter story to produce a distinctive study of change and human adaptability.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
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Nov 9, 2016
The film is saved by its illuminating — if heartbreaking — examination of isolated locales rarely seen on film.
By Amy Brady FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Ironbound Films
Release Date Nov 11, 2016
Duration 1 h 18 m
Rating TV-14
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Website http://www.ironboundfilms.com/html/films.html
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Awards

Arizona International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Santa Cruz Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Nevada International Film Festival, US
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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