East Meets West
Now streaming worldwide National Geographic’s Michael Yamashita 9.6 on IMDb A Farland Chang docuseries

EastMeetsWest

Journeys Along the Silk Road.

For more than a decade, this series has followed Michael across mountains, deserts, temples and trade routes.

A camel caravan crossing sunlit dunes on the Silk Road
Plate I · The caravan road Photograph — Michael Yamashita
Join our epic journey
  1. Broadenhow you see our world.

  2. Discoverhow to capture timeless beauty.

  3. Learnhow you can protect our planet.

Coming soon: episodes 7–9. Subscribe below for updates — and prepare for the journey of a lifetime.

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The episodes

Watch free on YouTube and Tubi, or buy and rent from $4.99 on Vimeo, Prime Video and Apple TV.

Episode 7 · Coming soon

MasterClass
Inside Photography

Episode 8 · Coming soon

On The Road
aka Passion

Episode 9 · Coming soon

Title to come

Trailers

The making of East Meets West

Three minutes on the road, from Venice to Xanadu and everywhere in between.

Still from the East Meets West series trailer
The series

Stories behind the stills

Welcome to our official home of East Meets West. This documentary journey is inspired by the work of National Geographic’s Michael Yamashita: a legendary photographer whose lifetime of work has illuminated cultures across Asia, the Silk Roads and beyond.

Michael Yamashita walking a village path carrying two cameras
Plate II · On the road
Michael Yamashita shooting from a small boat
Plate III · Working the frame
Porters carrying loaded baskets up a steep volcanic slope
Plate IV · Behind the scenes

For more than a decade, this series has followed Michael across mountains, deserts, temples, and trade routes … tracing the ancient paths where travel, trade and trust once connected people long before globalization had a name. These were the crossroads where ideas moved, where cultures mixed, and where peace was built not by force, but by exchange and understanding.

In East Meets West, you’ll travel with a master storyteller to some of the world’s most visually stunning, historically dramatic and culturally rich places. You’ll meet the people who carry their traditions forward … linking past to present, east to west, and one generation to the next.

Here on this site, you can watch trailers, explore behind-the-scenes stories, and learn how to experience the full series … a project dedicated to showing how curiosity can bridge cultures, how photography can open minds, and how our shared journeys can bring us closer to one another.

We hope this series changes the way you see our world — and your place in it.

Illuminate and protect the wonder of our world.National Geographic’s motto

Where to watch

Now streaming worldwide. Buying direct sends more of it back to the film.

YouTubeAll six episodes, free — plus trailers and behind-the-scenes Playlist Prime VideoRent, buy or watch on subscription All episodes TubiFree with ads, no account needed Episodes 1 & 2 Apple TVBuy or rent in high definition Ghost Fleet Vimeo On DemandBuy or rent direct from $4.99 — supports the production Buy / Rent IMDbRated 9.6 — cast, credits and reviews Reviews

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Travel.
Trade.
Trust.

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And may we all serve to illuminate & protect the wonder of our world.

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