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

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Documentary / Short
USA, 1996, 35 min

Directed by:

Jessica Yu

Composer:

Sandra Tsing Loh

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This documentary explores the unique world of Mark O’Brien, the poet-journalist who has lived for four decades paralysed in an iron lung. Incorporating the vivid imagery of O’Brien’s poetry and his candid, wry, and often profound reflections on work, sex, death and God, it asks: What is a life worth living? (Huesca International Film Festival)