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…

davidehrlich

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

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

David Chen

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

Derrick Murray

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

🚫34% 🔙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

“By hook or by crook.”I pray that the final release fixes the SDH subtitles, because they were riddled with mistakes at my screening. Often, I saw a single bracket following a word, possible misspellings, there were also a few subtitle blocks that appeared when nobody was…

Richard L. Haas III

Briskly paced and fiercely intense.  Hanging by a Wire details the harrowing rescue with the raw urgency of the situation and demonstrating the power of community.  Doesn’t rely too much on backstory and the breakdown of the situation is relatively straightforward but that…

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