THE BRIG

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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_AND_CREW

Warren Finnerty

Lintz

Henry Howard

Cpt. Grace

Tom Lilard

Warden

James Tiroff

Prisoner No.1

Steven Ben Israel

Prisoner No.2

Rufus Collins

Prisoner No.3

Gene Lipton

Prisoner No.4

Michael Elias

Prisoner No.5

William Shari

Prisoner No.6

Viktor Allen

Prisoner No.7