1979: Big Bang of the Present (2019)

1979: Big Bang of the Present (2019)

2019-12-10 Austria, France, Germany, Poland 89 Min. PG-13
7.5 2 votes

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.

Cast

Haideh Daragahi is Self - Literature Professor (1979)
Self - Literature Professor (1979)
Shahin Nawai is Self - Biologist (1979)
Self - Biologist (1979)
Chahla Chafiq is Self - Student (1979)
Self - Student (1979)
Chris Niedenthal is Self - Photojournalist (1979)
Self - Photojournalist (1979)
Leszek Balcerowicz is Self - Economist (1979)
Self - Economist (1979)
Stanisław Ciosek is Self - Politician (1979)
Self - Politician (1979)
Alfred Wierzbicki is Self - Student (1979)
Self - Student (1979)
Hanna Suchocka is Self - Jurist (1979)
Self - Jurist (1979)
Roger Garside is Self - Diplomat (1979)
Self - Diplomat (1979)
Wei Jingsheng is Self - Political Dissident (1979)
Self - Political Dissident (1979)
Chas Freeman is Self - US DoS Official (1979)
Self - US DoS Official (1979)
Charles Moore is Self - Political Journalist (1979)
Self - Political Journalist (1979)