On Tender Hooks
2013, English. Directed by Kate Shenton.
The first feature film from accomplished short filmmaker Kate Shenton, On Tender Hooks is a documentary film delving into the world of human suspension and the people involved. Kate spends a year following a different people and group of suspenders. Every Sunday they pierce themselves with hooks and hang in mid-air from rigs in a display that challenges the perceptions and squeamishness of even the most hardened. The film is a fly on the wall documentary showing how the ordinary human body can achieve extraordinary things. Beginning with groups in London, and then following events in Rico, Croatia and Oslo, Norway, the film depicts a wide variety of experience and opinions, and delves thoughtfully into a deeply misunderstood practice On Tender Hooks was a self-funded project filmed and edited by director Kate Shenton. Completed in 2012 it is an example of independent film-making at its purest.
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- 1h 10m
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- English
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- Released
- 1 November 2013
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- United Kingdom
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What movies are like On Tender Hooks?
If you liked On Tender Hooks, try Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction, Heart of a Dog, In the Realms of the Unreal.
Who directed On Tender Hooks?
On Tender Hooks (2013) was directed by Kate Shenton and stars Kate Shenton, Tam Smith, Charlyne Chiappone.