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Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien

6.5
1996
35m
Released
HD

Overview

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien is a 1996 American short documentary film directed by Jessica Yu. Mark O'Brien was a journalist and poet who lived in Berkeley, California. The documentary explored his spiritual struggle coping with his disability; he had to use an iron lung much of the time due to childhood polio. O'Brien died on 4 July 1999, from post-polio syndrome. It won an Oscar at the 69th Academy Awards in 1997 for Documentary Short Subject.

Production
Inscrutable Films
Language
English

About Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (1996)

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (1996) is a documentary movie produced by Inscrutable Films in United States of America. It was directed by Jessica Yu and written by Jessica Yu. On screen you will see Mark O'Brien. With a runtime of 35m, the film averages 6.5/10 across 8 TMDB ratings.

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