Cinema / Film

Hanging By A Wire + Q&A

Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham

Tomorrow · 15:00

Mohammed Naqvi · 130m · Film

About this event

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. The screening will be followed by a live onstage Q&A with director Mohammed Ali Naqvi.