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The Brig (1964)

The Brig (1964)

Drama War
Release Date: 1964, September 20
Directors: Jonas Mekas
Countries: United States of America
Production: White Line Productions, White Line Productions
Cast: George Bartenieff, Jim Anderson, Rufus Collins, Warren Finnerty, Steven Ben Israel, Mark Duffy, Henry Proach, Henry Howard, Tom Lilard, James Tiroff, Gene Lipton, William Shari

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

sadism jail military police discipline the living theatre