Commanding Heights
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Synopsis
Lifts are apparently the safest method of transport invented. One third of the world’s population travels in an elevated fashion every day. Perhaps it’s this ordinariness that inspires such phobias and fantasies.

Commanding Heights takes a closer look at these “coffins-on-cables” – their impact on society, the technology behind them and their effect on our minds. Disaster stories, love affairs and the latest craze of lift-surfing – riding on the top of an elevator and jumping from lift to lift – are exposed and explored in this white-knuckle ride down one of the “most dominant elements in our cities.” Up-lifting indeed.

Duration
1 x 52'
Definition
SD
Genre
Factual
Subgenre
Science
Producer
DIVERSE PRODUCTIONS