Determination, Music Video for Tony.
 

Director: Matilda Butler

Tony: (band): Jessica Cox (vocals and guitar), Ryan Dyson (drums), Dai Lawton (bass).

Telecine: Erehwon Film.

16mm film digital scan.

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Determination is music video in collaboration with Penzance based, Cornish band 'Tony'. The film is shot at Geevor Tin Mine in Cornwall, a stark and eerie landscape with a dark history of mining and human exploitation.

Jess (singer) is a single mum currently facing a custody battle and living on the edge of homelessness with her daughter Frieda. She is a rockstar and a poet and is determined to make music regardless of her situation. Her raw power and determination comes through in her performance, and she dances and shouts to the sea along the edge of the Cornish cliffs, which during the summer months are filled with tourists, the very cause of the housing crisis in Cornwall.
The film was developed at home using a homemade coffee developer.​​