The Brig

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.

• Jonas MekasDirector
• Kenneth H. BrownWriter

• Warren FinnertyLintz
• Henry HowardCpt. Grace
• Tom LilardWarden
• James TiroffPrisoner No.1
• Steven Ben IsraelPrisoner No.2
• Rufus CollinsPrisoner No.3
• Gene LiptonPrisoner No.4
• Michael EliasPrisoner No.5
• William ShariPrisoner No.6
• Viktor AllenPrisoner No.7
• George BartenieffPrisoner No.8
• Gene GordonPrisoner No.9