1979: Big Bang of the Present
(2019)

Released: 2019-12-10

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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.

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Haideh Daragahi

as Self - Literature Professor (1979)

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Shahin Nawai

as Self - Biologist (1979)

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Chahla Chafiq

as Self - Student (1979)

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Chris Niedenthal

as Self - Photojournalist (1979)

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Leszek Balcerowicz

as Self - Economist (1979)

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Stanisław Ciosek

as Self - Politician (1979)

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Alfred Wierzbicki

as Self - Student (1979)

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Hanna Suchocka

as Self - Jurist (1979)

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Roger Garside

as Self - Diplomat (1979)

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Wei Jingsheng

as Self - Political Dissident (1979)

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Chas Freeman

as Self - US DoS Official (1979)

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Charles Moore

as Self - Political Journalist (1979)

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Michael Heseltine

as Self - Politician (1979)

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Roy Hattersley

as Self - Politician (1979)

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David Owen

as Self - Politician (1979)

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Lech Wałęsa

as Self - Shipyard Worker (1979)

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Jan Berris

as Self - Press Liaison (1979)

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Eva Quistorp

as Self - Activist (1979)

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Helmut Schmidt

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Jimmy Carter

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

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