Visit Mana Contemporary Chicago (2233 S. Throop) from 2:00PM to 5:00PM before THE BRIG screening - show any ticket to a program in Jonas Mekas 100! at the Film Center and enjoy complimentary snacks, wine, and music, and learn about their upcoming Jonas Mekas exhibit in January 2023, presented by Monira Foundation.

“An intriguing and often powerful exercise in ritualized barbarity.” - Chris Breyer, Los Angeles Free Press

Saturday, December 3 at 6pm | Mekas reimagined Kenneth H. Brown’s stage play - a study of the cruelty within a Marine Corps prison - for his second feature. Of the performance, Mekas said, “As I watched it I thought: ‘Suppose this was a real brig; suppose I was a newsreel reporter; suppose I got permission to go in and film the goings-on: what a document one could bring to the eyes of humanity!’ This idea took possession of my mind and my senses so thoroughly that I walked out of the play. I didn’t want to know anything about what would happen next in the play; I wanted to see it with my camera. I had to film it.” A searing portrait of the worst of humanity, Mekas’s unwavering lens creates a stifling and claustrophobic atmosphere. Visit Mana Contemporary Chicago (2233 S. Throop) from 2:00PM to 5:00PM before THE BRIG screening - show any ticket to a program in Jonas Mekas 100! at the Film Center and enjoy complimentary snacks, wine, and music, and learn about their upcoming Jonas Mekas exhibit in January 2023, presented by Monira Foundation.


Jonas Mekas 100!This December, we're celebrating the life and work of Jonas Mekas (1922 - 2019), one of the most influential voices in cinema, and considered by many to be the "godfather of avant-garde cinema." Though his oeuvre spanned seven decades and includes dozens of titles, the eight programs in our Mekas 100 presentation exemplify the heart of what Mekas distinctively captures so often: daily life. View full program here


Lithuanian Culture InstituteConsulate General of Lithuainia of Chicago

This series is made possible by, and presented with generous support from, the Consulate General of Lithuania in Chicago and the Lithuanian Culture Institute.


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