- Country: Canada
- Genres: Documentary
- Release: 2019-09-19
- Director: Marco Porsia
- Writers: Rodney Ascher , Marco Bresba , David Hyde , Pedro Orrego
- Language: English
- Stars: Devendra Banhart , Blixa Bargeld , Jehnny Beth , Michael Gira , Jarboe , Thurston Moore , Amanda Palmer , Lee Ranaldo , Jim Sclavunos , J.G. Thirlwell
- Runtime: 161 min
- Awards: 1 win
- AKA: Where Does a Body End? , Where Does a Body End? (India) , Where Does a Body End? (Ireland) , Swans - Where Does A Body End (Germany) , Swans: Where Does A Body End? , Where Does a Body End? (United States of America) , Where Does a Body End? (Canada) , Where Does a Body End? (United Kingdom)
- Plot:
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?”
- IMDB:tt8954326
Marco Porsia
Director
Michael Gira
Self
Thurston Moore
Self
Lee Ranaldo
Self
Amanda Palmer
Self
Devendra Banhart
Self
Blixa Bargeld
Self
J.G. Thirlwell
Self
Jehnny Beth
Self
Jim Sclavunos
Self
Karen O
Self
Daniel Miller
Self