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Title: Pacific Century Papers
Dates: 1987-2003
Collection Number: PBI.001
Creator/Collector:
Pacific Basin Institute
Jigsaw Productions
Extent: 21 linear feet
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Pacific Basin Institute
Pomona, California 91711
Abstract: This collections contains materials pertaining to the production of The Pacific Century, a ten-part documentary series produced
by Jigsaw Productions and The Pacific Basin Institute in 1992. Contents include correspondence, production and research files,
licensing and rights documents, photographs, and interview transcripts with historical figures featured in the series.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has been assigned to the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from collection must be submitted in writing to the Pacific Basin Institute archivist.
[Identification of item]. Pacific Century Papers. Collection Number: PBI.001. Claremont Colleges. Pacific Basin Institute
The collection was acquired by the Pacific Basin Institute and moved to Pomona College in 1997.
Biography/Administrative History
The Pacific Century is a ten-part documentary series about the political and economic history of the Asia-Pacific region in
the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A co-production of The Pacific Basin Institute and Jigsaw Productions, the series
recounts such aspects of modern Asian history as industrialization, Western imperialism, nationalist and revolutionary struggles,
the rise of capitalism, and pro-democracy movements. The series also featured original interviews with numerous figures of
historical importance, including Vo Nguyen Gap, Akira Kurosawa, and Beate Sirota Gordon.
The Pacific Century was aired on public broadcasting networks throughout the United States and Canada throughout the 1990s.
The series won the 1993 News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Historical Program. The series was accompanied by a
companion trade book entitled The Pacific Century: America and Asia in a Changing World, written by Frank Gibney, and a college
telecourse, Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains correspondence, production files, research materials, licensing and rights documents, foundation inquiry
files, and photographs relating to the production of The Pacific Century documentary series. The bulk of the production files
are interview transcripts and scripts from the ten episodes in the series. The scripts document recorded conversations with
prominent historical figures, including Kim Dae Jung, Kiichi Miyazawa, Vo Nguyen Giap, Dai Qing, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Akira
Kurosawa, Charles Kades, Beate Sirota Gordon, and Lee Kuan Yew.
Asia--Politics and government
Documentary films--Production and direction
Pacific Basin Institute
Jigsaw Productions
Asia Pacific Region--20th Century