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'''The Pacific Century''' was a 1992 [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] [[Emmy Award]] winning ten part documentary series narrated by [[Peter Coyote]] about the rise of the [[Pacific Rim]] economies. [[Alex Gibney]] was the writer for the series, and [[Frank Gibney]], his father, wrote the companion trade book, ''The Pacific Century: America and Asia in a Changing World''. The companion college telecourse, ''Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia,'' was written and edited by Mark Borthwick. The series was a co-production of the [[Pacific Basin Institute]] and [[KCTS-TV]] in Seattle. Principle funding was provided by the [[Annenberg Foundation]].
'''The Pacific Century''' was a 1992 [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] [[Emmy Award]] winning ten part documentary series narrated by [[Peter Coyote]] about the rise of the [[Pacific Rim]] economies. [[Alex Gibney]] was the writer for the series, and [[Frank Gibney]], his father, wrote the companion trade book, ''The Pacific Century: America and Asia in a Changing World''. The companion college telecourse, ''Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia,'' was written and edited by Mark Borthwick. The series was a co-production of the [[Pacific Basin Institute]] and [[KCTS-TV]] in Seattle. Principle funding was provided by the [[Annenberg Foundation]].


== Episodes ==
== Episodes ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.pomona.edu/pbi/pacificcentury/ Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College] - co-producer of the series
*[http://www.pomona.edu/pbi/pacificcentury/ Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College]
*{{imdb title|id=0287622|title=The Pacific Century}}
*{{imdb title|id=0287622|title=The Pacific Century}}



Revision as of 13:59, 20 January 2015

The Pacific Century
Written byAlex Gibney
Produced byPeter Bull
Alex Gibney
Narrated byPeter Coyote
CinematographySamuel Painter
Music byRobert Boress
Distributed byPublic Broadcasting Service
Release date
1992

The Pacific Century was a 1992 PBS Emmy Award winning ten part documentary series narrated by Peter Coyote about the rise of the Pacific Rim economies. Alex Gibney was the writer for the series, and Frank Gibney, his father, wrote the companion trade book, The Pacific Century: America and Asia in a Changing World. The companion college telecourse, Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia, was written and edited by Mark Borthwick. The series was a co-production of the Pacific Basin Institute and KCTS-TV in Seattle. Principle funding was provided by the Annenberg Foundation.

Episodes

  1. The Two Coasts of China: Asia and the Challenge of the West
  2. The Meiji Revolution
  3. From the Barrel of a Gun
  4. Writers and Revolutionaries
  5. Reinventing Japan
  6. Inside Japan, Inc.
  7. Big Business and the Ghost of Confucius
  8. The Fight for Democracy
  9. Sentimental Imperialists: America in Asia
  10. The Pacific Century: The Future of the Pacific Basin