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1979: Big Bang of the Present

75% | Dec 10, 2019 | 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.

Featured Crew

Dirk K. van den Berg
Director
Pascal Verroust
Director

Cast

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Haideh Daragahi
Self - Literature Professor (1979)
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Shahin Nawai
Self - Biologist (1979)
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Chahla Chafiq
Self - Student (1979)
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Chris Niedenthal
Self - Photojournalist (1979)
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Leszek Balcerowicz
Self - Economist (1979)

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