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1979: Big Bang of the Present

First aired on Dec 10, 2019

Runtime: 89 mins

60%

Genres: Documentary, History, TV Movie

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.

Featured Cast: click image to view more
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)
Featured Crew
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Dirk van den Berg | Director
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Pascal Verroust | Director
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Pascal Verroust | Writer
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Delphine Thelliez | Sound Editor
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Pascal Verroust | Producer
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Frederik Walker | Camera Operator