1979: Big Bang of the Present
1979: Urknall der Gegenwart (original)
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.
Starring Haideh Daragahi, Shahin Nawai, Chahla Chafiq, Chris Niedenthal, Leszek Balcerowicz, Stanisław Ciosek, Alfred Wierzbicki, Hanna Suchocka, Roger Garside, Wei Jingsheng
Watch "1979: Big Bang of the Present" on NRK TV released in 2019. It's a documentary and history movie, and has a rating of 6.8 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently available to watch for free.
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