
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.
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Based on The Brig
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jonas Mekas
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Kenneth H. BrownWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 20, 1964
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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