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The Brig

66% | Sep 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
Adolfas Mekas
Editor

Cast

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

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