Hanging by a Wire

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Directed by: Mohammed Ali Naqvi

Runtime: 1h 38min Certificate: TBC

Country: Pakistan, US, UK

When a cable car wire snaps, eight passengers - including six schoolboys - are left dangling 900 feet above a ravine in the Himalayan foothills.

Director Mohammed Ali Naqvi tells the story of the nail-biting rescue mission that follows. With no margin for error and a single cable that could fail at any moment, an unlikely alliance of civilian rescuers, police and military forces must improvise under intense public scrutiny, in a race against the clock before disaster strikes.

Hanging by a Wire combines staggering drone footage from the day with visceral reconstructions, and interviews with the extraordinary people who risked life and limb to reach the boys.