The Pacific Century
The Pacific Century | |
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Written by | Alex Gibney |
Narrated by | Peter Coyote |
Music by | Robert Boress |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Peter Bull Alex Gibney |
Cinematography | Samuel Painter |
Production company | Jigsaw Productions |
Original release | |
Release | October 15, 1992 |
The Pacific Century is a 1992
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 textbook, Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia, was written and edited by E. Mark Borthwick.
The series is a co-production of
Pacific Basin Institute and KCTS-TV in Seattle. Principle funding was provided by the Annenberg Foundation and the Ford Foundation
.
Episodes
- The Two Coasts of China: Asia and the Challenge of the West - How China's past experiences with foreign conquest led to its downfall in the face of Western colonialism.
- The Meiji Revolution - The transformation of Japaninto the most Westernized country in Asia, at great cost.
- From the Barrel of a Gun - The parallel journeys to freedom of Indonesia and Vietnam, through their leaders, Sukarno and Ho Chi Minh.
- Writers and Revolutionaries - How the philosophies of Lu Xun and Ikki Kita influenced the thinking of the Chinese and Japanese people, respectively, into the 20th century.
- Reinventing United States of Americarecrafted Japan into its own image during its eight year post-war occupation.
- Inside Japan, Inc. - The road to Japan's economic prosperity in the post-occupation era to the present day.
- Big Business and the Ghost of Confucius - How the teaching of Confucius is still exploited by capitalists in South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore.
- The Fight for Democracy - The 50 years struggle of South Korea for self-determination.
- Sentimental Imperialists: America in Asia - The diplomatic failings of the United States with The Philippines and China.
- The Pacific Century: The Future of the Pacific Basin