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