1979: Big Bang of the Present (2019)

5.7/10 89 min Documentary History TV Movie

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.

Cast

Leszek Balcerowicz

Self - Economist (1979)

Charles Moore

Self - Political Journalist (1979)

Michael Heseltine

Self - Politician (1979)

Roy Hattersley

Self - Politician (1979)

David Owen

Self - Politician (1979)

Lech Wałęsa

Self - Shipyard Worker (1979)

Helmut Schmidt

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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