Summer Cinema: Swans. Where Does A Body End?

The documentary film Where Does a Body End? offers a deep and complex portrait of Michael Gira and his uncompromising artistic journey.

Just like a Swans concert itself, watching this film can be challenging – it spans over nearly three hours. The film traces the past four decades during which the New York musician toured the world endlessly and managed to transform his music time and again.

Another film selected by the music section is presented by Václav Havelka.
 

“Michael Gira, the central figure of the band Swans, which was founded in 1981, is for me one of the most distinctive personalities ever to emerge from the alternative music scene of the United States. Swans concerts at the turn of the millennium were a transcendent experience shrouded in legend – a myth that was hard to grasp.”

 

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Swans. Where Does A Body End? director: Marco Porsia
Canada, 2019, 161 min

Summer cinema returns to MeetFactory for the thirteenth time. Every Wednesday from June to September, we’ll be screening one from a selection of twelve films — personal favorites curated by members of the MeetFactory team — in the Factory's backyard.