1979: Big Bang of the Present
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.
Release Date
10 December 2019
89 minutes
Director
Main Cast
Self - Literature Professor (1979)
Self - Biologist (1979)
Self - Student (1979)
Self - Photojournalist (1979)
Self - Economist (1979)
Self - Politician (1979)
Self - Student (1979)
Self - Jurist (1979)
Self - Diplomat (1979)
Self - Political Dissident (1979)
Self - US DoS Official (1979)
Self - Political Journalist (1979)
