

1979: Big Bang of the Present
5.7(3 votes)
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.
Production
K2 Productions, OutreMer Film, RBB, Telewizja Polska, ORF, INA
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)

Wei Jingsheng
Self - Political Dissident (1979)