
James Broughton
Known for department: Directing
Birthday: 1913-11-10 – 1999-05-07
Place of birth: Modesto, California
Biography
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

High Kukus
1973
Shaman Psalm
1981
Hermes Bird
1979Narration
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
2013SelfTogether
1976
Song of the Godbody
1977
Adventures of Jimmy
1951
Birth of a Nation
1997Self
Devotions
1983
Once Upon An El
1955
Cinématon
1978N°409
The Water Circle
1975
Jungle Girl
1984Cinématon n°409 : James Broughton
1984
Testament
1974Self
Poet in Orbit
1980