The Brig

Name: The Brig
Director: Jonas Mekas
Genre: War, Drama
Released: 1964-09-20
Duration: 68 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Warren Finnerty, Henry Howard, Tom Lilard, James Tiroff, Steven Ben Israel

6.8(12)19641h 8mEN

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Directed by Jonas Mekas

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.