1979: Big Bang of the Present
1979: Big Bang of the Present

Storyline

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
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
Charles Moore
Self - Political Journalist (1979)
Michael Heseltine
Michael Heseltine
Self - Politician (1979)
Roy Hattersley
Roy Hattersley
Self - Politician (1979)
David Owen
David Owen
Self - Politician (1979)
Lech Wałęsa
Lech Wałęsa
Self - Shipyard Worker (1979)
Jan Berris
Self - Press Liaison (1979)
Eva Quistorp
Self - Activist (1979)
Helmut Schmidt
Helmut Schmidt
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
Self - Politician (archive footage)
James Callaghan
James Callaghan
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
Self (archive footage)
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Self (archive footage)
Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Leopoldo Galtieri
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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