CinemaOSMovie · 2020

We Weren't The Only Ones

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.

Directed byAlex Zhort

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Status
Released
Language
EN
Released
January 22, 2020
Budget
$10

Featuring

Cast & crew

1 credited
Starring

John Guzlowski

himself

Creative team
Directed by
Alex Zhort
Alex Zhort
Written by
John Guzlowski
Produced by
Alex Zhort
Alex Zhort

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