US EditionSundance Competition Documentary ‘Hanging By A Wire” Tells Incredible Pakistan Cable Car Rescue Attempt With Young Lives In The Balance
The film highlights a 14-hour rescue saving six children and two adults dangling 900 feet above a ravine, showcasing community efforts and military aid in a remote region.
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Sundance Competition Documentary ‘Hanging By A Wire” Tells Incredible Pakistan Cable Car Rescue Attempt With Young Lives In The Balance
For over after hour, they dangled on the edge, their lives in grave jeopardy: six school kids and two adults stranded in a cable car suspended 900 feet above the ground. The unfolding drama in a remote section of Northern Pakistan in August 2023 seized the world’s attention as rescuers tried to save the trapped passengers from impending doom. The tension and emotion of that day and night are captured in the documentary Hanging By a Wire, which…
‘Hanging By a Wire’ Director on Dramatic Attempt to Rescue 8 People Trapped in a Cable Car Dangling Above a Valley
In a remote part of Pakistan, villagers routinely take rickety cable cars across the canyons that cut through the Himalayan foothills. But in August 2023, the unthinkable happened when a wire snapped, leaving six children and two adults hanging 900 feet above a ravine. Mohammed Ali Naqvi, a Pakistani filmmaker, watched along with the rest of the world as authorities and volunteers rushed to save the stranded passengers. But the dramatic rescue…
"Hanging By a Wire" - Sundance 2026 Film Review
This immersive account of a daring rescue of schoolchildren off a cable car in Pakistan delivers a tense nonfiction race against time. The post Sundance 2026 Review: Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s Rescue Doc “Hanging By a Wire” Will Have You on the Edge of Your Seat appeared first on The Moveable Fest.
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