1979: Big Bang of the Present

1979: Big Bang of the Present

1h 29m 5.7/10

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.

Director

Dirk van den Berg

Top Billed Cast

Chris Niedenthal

Self - Photojournalist (1979)

Chahla Chafiq

Self - Student (1979)

Leszek Balcerowicz

Self - Economist (1979)

Haideh Daragahi

Self - Literature Professor (1979)

Shahin Nawai

Self - Biologist (1979)

Stanisław Ciosek

Self - Politician (1979)

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