Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
1996
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Synopsis
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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Awards
Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Original language
English
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Festival History
- Academy Awards 1997 academy_award
