The Pacific Century
Encyclopedia
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 volume, The Pacific Century: America and Asia in a Changing World. The series was a co-production of the Pacific Basin Institute and KCTS-TV
in Seattle.
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
winning ten part documentary series narrated by Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote
Peter Coyote is an American actor, author, director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audio books. His voice work includes narrating the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics and Apple's iPad campaign. He has also served as on-camera co-host of the 2000 Oscar...
about the rise of the Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim
The Pacific Rim refers to places around the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The term "Pacific Basin" includes the Pacific Rim and islands in the Pacific Ocean...
economies. Alex Gibney
Alex Gibney
Alex Gibney is an American documentary film director and producer. In 2010, Esquire magazine said Gibney "is becoming the most important documentarian of our time."...
was the writer for the series, and Frank Gibney
Frank Gibney
Frank Bray Gibney was an American journalist, editor, writer and scholar. Correspondent of Time, editor of Newsweek and Life, he was the vice chairman of the Board of Editors at Encyclopædia Britannica and wrote several books, most notably about Japan...
, his father, wrote the companion volume, The Pacific Century: America and Asia in a Changing World. The series was a co-production of the Pacific Basin Institute and KCTS-TV
KCTS-TV
KCTS-TV is a public television station in Seattle, Washington, that is a member of the Public Broadcasting Service , that broadcasts on digital channel 9. Its offices and broadcasting center are located at the northeast corner of Seattle Center...
in Seattle.
Episodes
- The Two Coasts of China: Asia and the Challenge of the West
- The Meiji Revolution
- From the Barrel of a Gun
- Writers and Revolutionaries
- Reinventing Japan
- Inside Japan, Inc.
- Big Business and the Ghost of Confucius
- The Fight for Democracy
- Sentimental Imperialists: America in Asia
- The Pacific Century: The Future of the Pacific Basin
External links
- Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College - co-producer of the series