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?"
Eyelight Films
English
$48,817
Michael Gira
Self
Jarboe
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Thurston Moore
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Lee Ranaldo
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Amanda Palmer
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Devendra Banhart
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Blixa Bargeld
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J.G. Thirlwell
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Jehnny Beth
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Jim Sclavunos
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