1979: Big Bang of the Present (2019)
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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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)
- Chas Freeman — Self - US DoS Official (1979)
- Charles Moore — Self - Political Journalist (1979)
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