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Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien
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Wikipedia article
'Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien' is a 1996 American short documentary film directed by Jessica Yu. It won an Oscar at the 69th Academy Awards in 1997 for Documentary Short Subject.
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 July 4, 1999, from post-polio syndrome.
Cast
* Mark O'Brien as Himself
* Elizabeth Duvall as Herself
* Ian Berzon as Himself
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