1979: Big Bang of the Present (2019)

12/10/2019 (AT) • 1h 29m

Documentary, History, TV Movie

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.

Top Billed Cast

Haideh Daragahi

Self - Literature Professor (1979)

Shahin Nawai

Self - Biologist (1979)

Chahla Chafiq

Self - Student (1979)

Chris Niedenthal

Self - Photojournalist (1979)

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)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

cold war

1970s

feminism

street riots

iran

poland

united kingdom

economic crisis

communist china

ecologism

islamic revolution

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