The Reluctant Soldier

A unique video project commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of Wales's most famous Great War poet, Ellis Humphrey Evans (Hedd Wyn) was beamed onto the 80ft tall National Library of Wales building in the week of Armistice Day after receiving backing from the ScottishPower Foundation.

Yr Arwr (The Hero), an epic poem written by the soldier just before his death was the subject of the film. It is read in the film by pupils from Ysgol Bro Hedd Wyn, the school which bears the poet's name, and Hedd Wyn’s surviving nephew, Gerald Williams.