TV series
1979 - The Year Of The Islamist Revolution
2022 · 1 season
A sober, archive-driven history lesson that lays out how a region's politics tipped toward radicalism, rewarding close attention more than emotion.
- Created by
- Jonathan Hacker
- Genres
- Documentary, War & politics
- Starring
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Djavad Khadem, Henry Kissinger
- Overview
- During the 1970s the Middle East was a battleground for the Cold War; liberal pro-Western forces battled with pro-Soviet Arab Nationalists and Baathists. But in 1979 a series of events – the Iranian Revolution, Egypt’s peace with Israel, the Mecca Mosque Siege, and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan – contributed to a radical change in the mind-set of the region and its leaders. It was the start of the meteoric rise of radical Islam.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Politics, power, faith, war
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Jonathan Hacker
- Genres
- Documentary, War & politics
- Starring
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Djavad Khadem, Henry Kissinger
