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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2013
Birth of a Nation
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1997
Cinématon n°409 : James Broughton
Character:
MOVIE • 1984
Jungle Girl
Character:
MOVIE • 1984
Devotions
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MOVIE • 1983
Shaman Psalm
Character:
MOVIE • 1981
Hermes Bird
Character: Narration
MOVIE • 1979
Cinématon
Character: N°409
MOVIE • 1978
Song of the Godbody
Character:
MOVIE • 1977
Together
Character:
MOVIE • 1976
The Water Circle
Character:
MOVIE • 1975
Testament
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1974
High Kukus
Character:
MOVIE • 1973
Once Upon An El
Character:
MOVIE • 1955
Adventures of Jimmy
Character:
MOVIE • 1951
Crew
Crew Credits
Scattered Remains
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1988
Devotions
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1983
Devotions
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1983
The Gardener of Eden
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1981
The Gardener of Eden
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1981
Shaman Psalm
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1981
Hermes Bird
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1979
Windowmobile
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
Song of the Godbody
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1977
Together
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
Erogeny
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1976
The Water Circle
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1975
Testament
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1974
High Kukus
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1973
Dreamwood
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1972
Dreamwood
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1972
This is It
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1971
The Golden Positions
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1970
Nuptiae
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1969
The Bed
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1967