Hanging By a Wire

On the morning of August 22, 2023, something went horribly wrong in the remote mountains of Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province: A makeshift gondola that was carrying eight people — most of them teenagers on their way to school — from one peak to another was left…

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If this play on “The Rescue” had bigger stones it would more clearly call out the classism involved in the sidelining of the sky pirates and the propaganda campaign sold by these crass officials and the zip line rescuers. The latter decided to wear t-shirts from their…

Robert Daniels

Y'all shoulda just let the sky pirates handle it. Could've had this wrapped by sundown.

Derrick Murray

A riveting story of bravery and heroism featuring incredible, mind-blowing footage.

David Chen

They absolutely should have let the Sky Pirate do his thing. The best part of this documentary is how it explores the classism inherent in the situation, I just wish that element were a sharper focus. Sundance #31

Marya E. Gates

Palms sweating the entire time. Theme with all the Sundance docs I’ve seen so far is that the people just need to take matters into their own hands.

Jenni Kaye

🚫25% 🔙Carousel🔙 🔜The Weight🔜 On a Tuesday morning in August 2023, a group of kids set off for school, climbing into a makeshift cable car for the journey across a mountain pass in northwest Pakistan. Suddenly, 900 feet above the ground, two cables snapped, putting the…

Brody Rosenbaum

"Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s 'Hanging By a Wire' is a nail-biter and a crowd-pleaser." The full review can be found at "The New York Sun": https://www.nysun.com/article/hanging-by-a-wire-brings-a-pakistani-rescue-down-to-the-brink

Mario Naves

I hate reenactments in docs but these were some of best I’ve seen!

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