Where Does a Body End? (2019)

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?”
Marco Porsia
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
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