![Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/b25Ug6I4UBjcH2Fx98GnxIrhgp7.jpg)
π 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.
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1996-03-13
β Running Time:
35 mins
β Vote Average:
6.5
Beloved Cast
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Himself
Mark O'Brien