The Brig
Director Jonas Mekas
Countries United States
Duration 86 min
Synopsis
A false documentary film taken from the stage play written by Ken Brown depicting the torture and humiliation inflicted by the Marine Corps on a group of soldier prisioners incarcerated on an American Navy vessel. Inspired by th personal experience of the author and shot in a single night with a hand held camera, the Brig is an impressive portrait of rare authenticity about the brutality suffered by prisioners at the time.
A false documentary film taken from the stage play written by Ken Brown depicting the torture and humiliation inflicted by the Marine Corps on a group of soldier prisioners incarcerated on an American Navy vessel. Inspired by th personal experience of the author and shot in a single night with a hand held camera, the Brig is an impressive portrait of rare authenticity about the brutality suffered by prisioners at the time.