TV series
The Pacific Century
1992 · 1 season
A sober, informative journey through modern Asian history, rewarding curiosity with clear context and measured narration.
- Created by
- Alex Gibney
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Peter Coyote
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Power, class, politics, work
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Alex Gibney
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Peter Coyote
