1979: Big Bang of the Present

  • Rated 6.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2019
  • 1h 29m
  • 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.

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Director
Dirk van den Berg
Starring
Haideh Daragahi, Shahin Nawai, Chahla Chafiq, Chris Niedenthal

Cast

  • Haideh Daragahi

    Self - Literature Professor (1979)

  • Shahin Nawai

    Self - Biologist (1979)

  • Chahla Chafiq

    Self - Student (1979)

  • Chris Niedenthal

    Self - Photojournalist (1979)

  • Leszek Balcerowicz

    Leszek Balcerowicz

    Self - Economist (1979)

  • Stanisław Ciosek

    Self - Politician (1979)

  • Alfred Wierzbicki

    Self - Student (1979)

  • Hanna Suchocka

    Self - Jurist (1979)

  • Roger Garside

    Self - Diplomat (1979)

  • Wei Jingsheng

    Self - Political Dissident (1979)

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