1979: Big Bang of the Present

1979: Big Bang of the Present

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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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Release dateDec 10 2019


Runtime1 hour 29 minutes


Official siteVisit here


LanguagesMandarin, English, French, German, Italian, Persian, Polish


Production companiesK2 Productions, OutreMer Film, RBB, Telewizja Polska, ORF, INA


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