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1979: Big Bang of the Present

5.7/10 2019 4K 89 min
Documentary • History • TV Movie

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.

1979: Big Bang of the Present
Top Cast
Haideh Daragahi
Haideh Daragahi
Self - Literature Professor (1979)
Shahin Nawai
Shahin Nawai
Self - Biologist (1979)
Chahla Chafiq
Chahla Chafiq
Self - Student (1979)
Chris Niedenthal
Chris Niedenthal
Self - Photojournalist (1979)
Leszek Balcerowicz
Leszek Balcerowicz
Self - Economist (1979)
Stanisław Ciosek
Stanisław Ciosek
Self - Politician (1979)
Alfred Wierzbicki
Alfred Wierzbicki
Self - Student (1979)
Hanna Suchocka
Hanna Suchocka
Self - Jurist (1979)
Roger Garside
Roger Garside
Self - Diplomat (1979)
Wei Jingsheng
Wei Jingsheng
Self - Political Dissident (1979)