The Anthropologist

Name: The Anthropologist
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Documentary
Released: November 11, 2016
Duration: 78 min

2016

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Ironbound Films | Release Date: November 11, 2016 | Not Rated

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 howAt 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 societies are forced to negotiate the disruption of their traditional ways of life, whether through encounters with the outside world or the unprecedented change wrought by melting permafrost, receding glaciers and rising tides.… Expand

Director: Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger and Seth Kramer

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 78 min

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Katie Walsh

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. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

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. Read full review

Amy Brady

Nov 9, 2016

The film is saved by its illuminating — if heartbreaking — examination of isolated locales rarely seen on film. Read full review

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