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
Fellow Travelers
Self (archive)
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Himself (archive footage)
The Pleasure Garden
Director
This is It
Director
The Potted Psalm
Director
Four in the Afternoon
Director
Loony Tom the Happy Lover
Director