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Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien

| 13 March 1996 (USA)

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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.

Spoonatects

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

AshUnow

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Nicole

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Jemima

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.