James Broughton

Directing·Nov 10, 1913·Modesto, California

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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.

Film	Credit
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton2013 · Self	Self
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film2011 · Himself (archive footage)	Himself (archive footage)
Fellow Travelers2008 · Self (archive)	Self (archive)
Birth of a Nation1997 · Self	Self
Scattered Remains1988 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
CCinématon n°409 : James Broughton1984 · Actor	Actor
Jungle Girl1984 · Actor	Actor
Devotions1983 · Actor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer
The Gardener of Eden1981 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Shaman Psalm1981 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Poet in Orbit1980 · Actor	Actor
Hermes Bird1979 · Narration, Director	Narration, Director
Cinématon1978 · N°409	N°409
Windowmobile1977 · Director	Director
Song of the Godbody1977 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
TTogether1976 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Erogeny1976 · Director	Director
The Water Circle1975 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Testament1974 · Self, Director	Self, Director
High Kukus1973 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Dreamwood1972 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
This is It1971 · Director	Director
The Golden Positions1970 · Director	Director
NNuptiae1969 · Director	Director
The Bed1967 · Director	Director
Once Upon An El1955 · Actor	Actor
The Pleasure Garden1953 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Four in the Afternoon1951 · Director	Director
Loony Tom the Happy Lover1951 · Director	Director
Adventures of Jimmy1951 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Mother's Day1948 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Potted Psalm1946 · Director	Director