Another Glorious Day
Dirk Szuszies
2009 - 95 min - Beta digital 16/9e - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - Allemagne

It was an historic moment. Four decades after The Living Theatre had been driven out of New York, they have returned with a new version of "The Brig" by Kenneth H. Brown in their theatre in the Lower East Side. This thrilling drama, about the inhuman conditions in a US Marine Corps prison, remains topically charged today.
"The Brig" is not an everyday theatre piece. It is an act of rebellion. The viewer becomes part of a claustrophobic world where there is no escape from the intrinsic violence. Guards and inmates develop into strange accomplices. The production struck a nerve in the present day and won at the New York Obie Awards. As a former member of the company, film director Dirk Szuszies captures the present strength of the piece and its historical relevance with archive material.