We Weren't the Only Ones (2020)
A mother’s tragic experiences of war and loss, carried forward by her son.
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In this short film, poet and holocaust survivor John Guzlowski bears witness to his parents’ survival of Nazi slave labor camps. More than a personal remembrance, the poem carries his mother’s plea — “tell them we weren’t the only ones” — a call to acknowledge the countless lives scarred by war, displacement, and silence. Through Guzlowski’s measured reading, the film becomes both intimate and collective: a meditation on inherited trauma, the duty of memory, and the fragile line between history and forgetting.
- Release date
- January 22, 2020
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
- Music
- Alex Zhort
- Budget
- $10
Cast
- John Guzlowski as Self
Crew
- Alex Zhort · Director
- John Guzlowski · Writer
- Alex Zhort · Producer
- Natalie Zhort · Producer
- Alex Zhort · Composer
- Alex Zhort · Editor