Swans: Where Does a Body End?

09/19/2019

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2hrs 41min

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Documentary

,Music

"Michael is not a fearless person, but he is a fearless artist."

STORY

From their roots as a brutal, confrontational industrial band, through breakups and chaos, to their odds-defying current status as one of the most accomplished and ambitious bands in the world, one whose concerts are more like ecstatic rituals than nostalgic trips. SWANS has always been a collection of singular performers, but there's been one constant since its formation in 1982--singer, songwriter Michael Gira. 'Where Does a Body End?' is a SWANS documentary with unfettered access to hundreds of hours of Gira/SWANS archives of never-seen-before recordings, videos, and photographs. An unfiltered story of a life in the arts, frequent difficulty spanning decades without a safety net, creating work because Gira says "What else am I going to do?"

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Michael Gira
  • Jarboe
  • Thurston Moore
  • Lee Ranaldo
  • Amanda Palmer

    Directors

  • Marco Porsia
  • Rodney Ascher
  • David Hyde

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Eyelight Films

    Production Countries

  • Canada

LANGUAGES

  • English

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