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Release Date:
September 19, 2019
Original Title:
Swans: Where Does a Body End?
Alternate Titles:
Swans: Where Doed A Body End?
Genres:
Documentary | Music
Production Companies:
Eyelight Films
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 161
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?"
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Co-Producer:
Michael Wabro
Simon Mattock
Nick Rosendorf
Rodney Ascher
Director:
Marco Porsia
Director of Photography:
Christian Storms
Marco Porsia
Editor:
Marco Porsia
Executive Producer:
Rodney Ascher
Producer:
Marco Porsia
Sound Mixer:
Michael Wabro
Story Editor:
Marco Bresba
Pedro Orrego
Marco Porsia
David Hyde
Rodney Ascher
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