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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Cast

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Haideh Daragahi actor

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Shahin Nawai actor

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Chahla Chafiq actor

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Chris Niedenthal actor

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Leszek Balcerowicz actor

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Stanisław Ciosek actor

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Alfred Wierzbicki actor

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Hanna Suchocka actor

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Roger Garside actor

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Wei Jingsheng actor

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Chas Freeman actor

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Charles Moore actor

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Michael Heseltine actor Roy Hattersley actor

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David Owen actor Lech Wałęsa actor

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Jan Berris actor

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Eva Quistorp actor Helmut Schmidt actor Jimmy Carter actor