The Brig Poster

The Brig

66.00% | September 20, 1964 | War, Drama

Jonas Mekas’s film captures The Living Theatre’s stage production of The Brig, an unflinching portrait of life inside a U.S. Marine Corps jail in Japan in 1957. Over the course of a single day, prisoners endure relentless drills, abuse, and dehumanization, exposing the brutality of military discipline with stark immediacy.

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Jonas Mekas
Director
Kenneth H. Brown
Writer
Adolfas Mekas
Editor
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Cast

Henry Howard
Henry Howard
Cpt. Grace
Tom Lilard
Tom Lilard
Warden
James Tiroff
James Tiroff
Prisoner No.1
Steven Ben Israel
Steven Ben Israel
Prisoner No.2

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