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1979: Big Bang of the Present
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1979: Big Bang of the Present

Dec 10, 2019
1h 29m
★ 5.7

Overview

Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measures in the United Kingdom. Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution in Iran. Pope John Paul II's visit to Poland. Saddam Hussein's rise to power in Iraq. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The nuclear accident at the Harrisburg power plant and the birth of ecological activism. The year 1979, the beginning of the future.

Genres

Documentary
History
TV Movie

Production Companies

K2 Productions
OutreMer Film
RBB
Telewizja Polska
ORF
INA

Cast

Haideh Daragahi

Self - Literature Professor (1979)

Haideh Daragahi

Shahin Nawai

Self - Biologist (1979)

Shahin Nawai

Chahla Chafiq

Self - Student (1979)

Chahla Chafiq

Chris Niedenthal

Self - Photojournalist (1979)

Chris Niedenthal

Leszek Balcerowicz

Self - Economist (1979)

Leszek Balcerowicz

Stanisław Ciosek

Self - Politician (1979)

Stanisław Ciosek

Alfred Wierzbicki

Self - Student (1979)

Alfred Wierzbicki

Hanna Suchocka

Self - Jurist (1979)

Hanna Suchocka

Roger Garside

Self - Diplomat (1979)

Roger Garside

Wei Jingsheng

Self - Political Dissident (1979)

Wei Jingsheng

Chas Freeman

Self - US DoS Official (1979)

Chas Freeman

Charles Moore

Self - Political Journalist (1979)

Charles Moore

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