The Brig
movie
View on VideBits →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.
Cast & crew
Steven Ben Israel · Viktor Allen · Jonas Mekas · Gene Lipton · Kenneth H. Brown · Michael Elias · Rufus Collins · William Shari · Tom Lilard · Warren Finnerty · Henry Howard · James Tiroff