The Anthropologist

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Series/Themes: Historical Themes, Political and Social Issues

Genre: Documentaries

Film Year: 2015

Locations: USA

Film Length: 78 min

Director: Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller

Featuring: Mary Catherine Bateson, Susan Crate, Margaret Mead, Kathryn Yegorov-Crate.

Katie, a thirteen-year-old girl from Fairfax, Virginia, is carted around the globe by her mother, noted environmental anthropologist Susie Crate, as she studies the effects of climate change on centuries-old indigenous communities. Filmed over the course of five years, The Anthropologist tells the parallel stories of Susie and famed anthropologist Margaret Mead. Mead’s daughter, now an anthropologist in her own right, provides insight into Susie and Katie’s travels, tying Mead’s influential work to present-day struggles to confront change within communities. Discussion with subject Susie Crate

Friday, November 4
6:00 PM
Other : PVCC Dickinson Center
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Katie, a thirteen-year-old girl from Fairfax, Virginia, is carted around the globe by her mother, noted environmental anthropologist Susie Crate, as she studies the effects of climate change on centuries-old indigenous communities. Filmed over the course of five years, The Anthropologist tells the parallel stories of Susie and famed anthropologist Margaret Mead. Mead’s daughter, now an anthropologist in her own right, provides insight into Susie and Katie’s travels, tying Mead’s influential work to present-day struggles to confront change within communities. Discussion with subject Susie Crate

 Other : PVCC Dickinson Center Virginia Film Festival info@virginiafilmfestival.org

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