Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (1996)
Plot Summary
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.
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Jessica Yu
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Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien was directed by Jessica Yu and released in 1996.
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Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien has a runtime of 0 hours and 35 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1996-03-13
- Status
- Released