“Ɖ Ny Ātgaḷri Wōlswl z dlîtd t priznt a ny sngl-scrīn vidiowrc bî Britiš ātist Jiłn Wẹrñ.
Wẹrñ z nôn fr hr filmz n fôṭgrafs, ẇč xplor âr public prsoṇz n prîvt lîvz. W R Hir sīz ɖ ātist rtrn t ɖ ẹria in n arnd Sandwel ẇr š gru p n fīčrz ppl fṛm ɖ West Midḷndz rījn spīcñ verịs moṇlogz az f fṛm ɖ grev. Ɖ consept fr W R Hir z têcn fṛm Americn powt Edgr Li Mastrz’ bc Spūn Rivr Anʈoḷji (1915), ẇr rezidnts rîz p fṛm ɖ grev t twc abt ɖer lîvz, losz, rgrets n memriz v Spūn Rivr, ẇč ran clôs t ɖ powt’s hômtân.
Jiłn Wẹrñ hz šôn xtnsvli in ɖ YC n acrs ɖ wrld. In 2007 ɖ ātist wz md a Royl Acaḍmišn n in 2011 š wz onrd wɖ an OBE. Wẹrñ wun ɖ Trnr Prîz in 1997.
W R Hir z a ny aqizišn prizntd bî ɖ ātist t Ɖ Ny Ātgaḷri Wōlswl wɖ asistns fṛm Âtset Cntmprri Ātfund n ɖ Ātfund, n wɖ adišnl ṣpwt fṛm ɖ ātist, Mwrīn Pêli, Šwn Rêgn n Taňa Boṇcdar.”
W R Hir wl šo at Mwrīn Pêli, Lundn fṛm 13 Octobr – 16 Nvmbr 2014.”
