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Watch Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (1996) : Full Length Movie 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. | ||
Release Date | : | Mar 13, 1996 |
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Genres | : | Documentary |
Production Company | : | Inscrutable Films, Pacific News Service |
Production Countries | : | United States of America |
Casts | : | Mark O'Brien |
Plot Keywords | : | woman director |
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