Jasmine Jethwa

Girl Who Cried Wolf

We are pleased to share the first assembly of ‘Girl Who Cried Wolf’, the title track and music video from Jasmine Jethwa’s debut album, released on Friday via AWAL. Directed by Ned Botwood, the eerie video draws on fables, tarot and superstition to tell a story of self-sabotage, following Jasmine through a cycle of bad decisions. In a series of folkloric trials, she navigates a forest blindfolded, climbs a hill that keeps getting steeper, struggles against harsh weather, and evades the prowling, titular wolf. The video was shot by regular DoP Bethany Fitter on stark, grainy black-and-white film, channelling Béla Tarr and Derek Jarman’s Dungeness Super-8 films. B-unit photography by Isaac Klaas. The shoot was essentially a homemade labour of love, with Jasmine and a crew of two regular collaborators decamping to rural Devon. Appropriately, it was plagued by spooky goings-on and wild animals. We hope you enjoy it!

A woman with braided hair, wearing jewelry and a dark top, standing in a forest with trees in the background. She is blindfolded with a dark cloth and has her hands raised in front of her.
Black and white photo of a woman standing in a grassy field, covering her eyes with her hands, with a stone tower in the background.
A black-and-white photo of a woman with braided hair and earrings looking directly at the camera, as a man, partly visible from behind, leans in close to her.
A woman running across a barren landscape, dressed in a dark, tattered dress, in black and white.
A person lying on the ground at night, smoking a cigarette with another person nearby, both in dark clothing, in an outdoor setting.
Black and white portrait of a woman with wet hair, standing in the rain with a dark background.

Director: Ned Botwood

Director of Photography: Bethany Fitter

B-Unit Photography: Isaac Klaas

Colour: Ruth Wardell @ Time Based Arts

Colour Producer: Dan Kreeger

Film Processing: Cinelab

Cast: Zvone Antic and Julian Chan-Diaz

Thank You: Laura Drault, Somesuch and Sophie Bould-Lynch

Shot on Kodak Vision 3

A woman with dark hair in braids standing in an open field, with cows grazing in the background and a clear sky above.
A young woman with dark hair styled in braids with red highlights, wearing a black off-the-shoulder top, necklaces, and earrings, standing outdoors at sunset with a tree and grassy landscape in the background.
A woman with dark hair styled in braids lying on the floor, wearing a black top, in a room with framed pictures on the wall.

Following the release of the album, the new video marks the final chapter in the visual world Jasmine and Ned have been building across the album cycle. It is the latest in a cycle of self-contained rural set-pieces exploring love, longing and emotional survival: crawling through a bleak mudscape, launching repeatedly into open sky, and treading water in the dark Atlantic. Pushing that world into darker, stranger, more confrontational territory.