Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
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| Directed by | Jessica Yu |
| Produced by | Jessica Yu |
| Written by | Jessica Yu |
| Starring | Mark O'Brien |
| Cinematography | Shana Hagan |
| Edited by | Jessica Yu |
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35 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien is a 1996 American short documentary film directed by Jessica Yu. It won an Academy Award at the 69th Academy Awards in 1997 for Documentary Short Subject.
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 July 4, 1999, from post-polio syndrome.
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