1979: Big Bang of the Present

Synopsis

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.

Director

Dirk van den Berg

Written by

Pascal Verroust

Studio

K2 Productions

Released

10 December 2019

Genres

Documentary, History, TV Movie