1979: Big Bang of the Present 2019

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.

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The cast

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Haideh Daragahi Self - Literature Professor (1979)

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Shahin Nawai Self - Biologist (1979)

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Chahla Chafiq Self - Student (1979)

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Chris Niedenthal Self - Photojournalist (1979)

Leszek Balcerowicz Self - Economist (1979)

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Stanisław Ciosek Self - Politician (1979)

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Alfred Wierzbicki Self - Student (1979)

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Hanna Suchocka Self - Jurist (1979)

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Roger Garside Self - Diplomat (1979)

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Wei Jingsheng Self - Political Dissident (1979)

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Chas Freeman Self - US DoS Official (1979)

Charles Moore Self - Political Journalist (1979)

Michael Heseltine Self - Politician (1979)

Roy Hattersley Self - Politician (1979)

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