

The Brig
6.8(12)19641h 8m3
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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- Language
- English
- sadism
- jail
- discipline
- military police
- the living theatre
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- PremiereNew York Film Festival20 Sept 1964
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The Brig was released on 20 September 1964.
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