Swans: Where Does a Body End?

Swans: Where Does a Body End?

Released on
Documentary, Music
Runtime
161 mins
(10 votes)

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

  • Michael Gira
  • Jarboe
  • Thurston Moore
  • Lee Ranaldo
  • Amanda Palmer
  • Devendra Banhart
  • Blixa Bargeld
  • J.G. Thirlwell
  • Jehnny Beth
  • Jim Sclavunos
  • Karen O
  • Kid Congo Powers
  • Ben Frost
  • Daniel Miller
  • Norman Westberg
  • Cristoph Hahn
  • Thor Harris
  • Chris Pravdica
  • Phil Puelo
  • Paul Wallfisch

Director

  • Marco Porsia

Producers

  • Marco Porsia

Screenwriter

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