Tender - a Documentary
TENDER is a story that demanded a documentary because its subject matter touches us all eventually.
Our film is the gift of the knowledge they gained and as such it is something we can all learn from. It is as funny as they are and as deep-hearted too. I didn’t know the community well when I began filming, I knew only my friend Jen, but I learnt to see why she loves them and why they, of all people, would grasp this nettle and hold on tight. And I came to know the very softly spoken Nigel who quietly placed himself at the heart of this film and let the camera keep rolling. He let us stay because he thought this subject mattered to everyone, and he was right. TENDER is his legacy and our learning; his wish would be that its fire and incentive could bring about change.
– Lynette Wallworth
Synopsis
As their plans for community-based funerals gather momentum one of their own is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. TENDER is at once a heartbreakingly beautiful and beautifully funny glimpse of an extraordinary community taking on one of the most essential challenges of human life… its end.
Production Details
A HIVE FUND FILM
Produced with the assistance of the Adelaide Film Festival, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia Council for the Arts and Screen NSW.
Written and directed by Lynette Wallworth | Produced by Kath Shelper | 73 minutes
© 2013 Scarlett Pictures Pty Ltd, Lynette Wallworth and Adelaide Film Festival.