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James Broughton

Nov 10, 1913 - May 07, 1999 (85 years old) in Modesto, California

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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Cinématon
N°409
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Birth of a Nation
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Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton
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Devotions
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Hermes Bird
Narration
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Shaman Psalm
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Once Upon An El
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Cinématon n°409 : James Broughton
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The Water Circle
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Jungle Girl

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