James Broughton
Known for: Directing
Born: November 9, 1913 in Modesto, California - Died: May 6, 1999
James Broughton was an American poet and poetic filmmaker. He was part of the San Francisco Renaissance, a precursor to the Beat poets. He was an early bard of the Radical Faeries as well as a member of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, serving the community as Sister Sermonetta. His work is quintessentially Californian – exploring and engaging the polar frontiers of wildness and civility, male and female, body and spirit—with the crash of Pacific Ocean waves echoing throughout. "Ultimately I have learned more about poetry / from music and magic than from literature," he wrote.
Known for
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High Kukus
Shaman Psalm
Hermes Bird
Narration
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
Self
Together
Song of the Godbody
Adventures of Jimmy
Birth of a Nation
Self
Devotions
Once Upon An El
Cinématon
N°409
The Water Circle
Jungle Girl
Cinématon n°409 : James Broughton
Testament
Self
Poet in Orbit
Scattered Remains
The Pleasure Garden
Director
This is It
Director
The Potted Psalm
Director
Four in the Afternoon
Director
Loony Tom the Happy Lover
Director
Mother's Day
Director
The Bed
Director