ThefirstfeaturefilmfromaccomplishedshortfilmmakerKateShenton,OnTenderHooksisadocumentaryfilmdelvingintotheworldofhumansuspensionandthepeopleinvolved.Katespendsayearfollowingadifferentpeopleandgroupofsuspenders.EverySundaytheypiercethemselveswithhooksandhanginmid-airfromrigsinadisplaythatchallengestheperceptionsandsqueamishnessofeventhemosthardened.Thefilmisaflyonthewalldocumentaryshowinghowtheordinaryhumanbodycanachieveextraordinarythings.BeginningwithgroupsinLondon,andthenfollowingeventsinRico,CroatiaandOslo,Norway,thefilmdepictsawidevarietyofexperienceandopinions,anddelvesthoughtfullyintoadeeplymisunderstoodpracticeOnTenderHookswasaself-fundedprojectfilmedandeditedbydirectorKateShenton.Completedin2012itisanexampleofindependentfilm-makingatitspurest.WrittenbyKateShenton