2019DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie1h 29m
1979: Big Bang of the Present
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
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)
Leszek Balcerowicz
Self - Economist (1979)
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Stanisław Ciosek
Self - Politician (1979)
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Alfred Wierzbicki
Self - Student (1979)
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Hanna Suchocka
Self - Jurist (1979)
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Roger Garside
Self - Diplomat (1979)
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Wei Jingsheng
Self - Political Dissident (1979)
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cold war1970sfeminismstreet riotsiranpolandunited kingdomeconomic crisiscommunist chinaecologismislamic revolution
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