The Brig

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.

Cast

Warren Finnerty

Lintz

H

Henry Howard

Cpt. Grace

T

Tom Lilard

Warden

J

James Tiroff

Prisoner No.1