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If you are someone who has followed Ashton Gleckman from the beginning of his film-making career, you will have gone into this film with pretty high expectations. Prepare to have them blown away. This piece was not just a film or a documentary, but an absolute work of art.

For as young as this director is, this film is mature, respectful and brings you hope. The theme is dark, but finds the small pieces of light that helped these people survive and gives them the strength to bear witness so this tragedy never happens again. The music is another layer that makes this film so stunning. It is like another character in the film helping you feel the emotion of the scene. The fact this film is narrated by the people who lived it and the scholars who have studied this issue in depth was much more enjoyable to me than just 1 person telling most the story. I can not wait to see what this young man has to offer next!

Opening with a succinct overview, featuring a beautifully haunting theme by Benjamin Wallfisch, it's instantly clear that the following two and a half hours will be carefully and skilfully put together. Stepping gently through time, we go on a journey to the most disturbing and disgusting place in history, and come out the other end with a better understanding of what these victims went through.

Gleckman's direction is terrific. The film is broken up into parts, and these parts can act as a well-needed breather for the audience, if required. It's a heavy watch, as you'd expect - but a vital one.

What this film manages to accomplish in its lengthy (but warranted) runtime is incredible. You thought you knew all you could about the Holocaust, but you didn't. You could never. We Shall Not Die Now is completely fresh, and even with its use of older footage from Shoah, it offers up something new with clear control. Personally, I think this should be shown in schools. If films like Schindler's List and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas are being presented to students, why not We Shall Not Die Now? Equally as important and heavy in weight.

We Shall Not Die Now, like Gleckman, has a bright future ahead. It's already winning awards and garnering attention, and will certainly continue to do so in the coming months. Remembering the team of producers, musicians, and everyone else involved in the making of this film, of course - for without, this would not have been possible. And lastly, we must never forget the victims of these horrific events.

This film is very well organized. I especially appreciated the way the director divided it into sections by labor camp and timeline. Impressive quality! And the director is only 18 years old! Thank you for the time and effort you poured into this work!!

This Movie was put together so well and went to great length to inform us about these unfortunate times. The work that went into this was very professional and I would've never expected it to be done by someone so young (18). Ashton has a very bright future after watching this masterpiece.