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

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According to Mark O'Brien, "The two mythologies about disabled people break down to one: we can't do anything, or two: we can do everything. But the truth is, we're just human." O'Brien was a frequently published journalist and poet, and a contributor to National Public Radio. He contracted polio in childhood and, due to post-polio syndrome, spent much of his life in an iron lung. Yet for more than forty years, he fought against illness, bureaucracy and society's conflicting ... (Full plot summary below)

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According to Mark O'Brien, "The two mythologies about disabled people break down to one: we can't do anything, or two: we can do everything. But the truth is, we're just human." O'Brien was a frequently published journalist and poet, and a contributor to National Public Radio. He contracted polio in childhood and, due to post-polio syndrome, spent much of his life in an iron lung. Yet for more than forty years, he fought against illness, bureaucracy and society's conflicting perceptions of disability for his right to lead an independent life. Breathing Lessons breaks down barriers to understanding by presenting an honest and intimate portrait of a complex, intelligent, beautiful and interesting person, who happens to be disabled. Incorporating the vivid imagery of O'Brien's poetry, and his candid, wry and often profound reflections on work, sex, death and God, this provocative film asks: what makes a life worth living?

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Internet Reviews - 8/10 by Steve RhodesYu manages to know how to ask just the right questions to draw him out and has an excellent sense of how to collect her material into a compelling whole.
New York Times - 8/10 by Walter GoodmanAlthough death is never far from his thoughts, he has less interest in death with dignity than in life with dignity, which this revelation of a film demonstrates he has achieved.
User Review - 6/10 by Paul CIn this documentary, the late Mark O'Brien, a journalist/poet and polio survivor living most of his days in an iron lung, teaches us more about what it is to be human and of how not to live our lives as a victim. RECOMMENDED

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