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

1996·Movie
35min
73
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.5Rotten Tomatoes–80%
IMDb7.5Rotten Tomatoes–80%

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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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Directed by:
Jessica Yu
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Jessica Yu
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Jessica Yu

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How long is Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien?

0 h 35 min

Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien runs 0 h 35 min.

What language is Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien in?

English

It was made in English. Produced in United States.