Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
199635m6.5
Documentary
- Runtime
- 35m
- Genre
- Documentary
- Origin
- United States of America
About
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.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Jessica Yu
- Writing
- Jessica Yu
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Mar 13, 1996
- Studio
- Inscrutable Films, Pacific News Service
Cast
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