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James Broughton
Writer 1913 - 1999

James Broughton

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... Read full bio →

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3 titles
Dreamwood

Dreamwood

James Broughton 1972 45m

The oneiric quest of a modern argonaut on a mysterious island located somewhere on the borders of the unconscious.

The Pleasure Garden

The Pleasure Garden

James Broughton 1953 38m

People quietly or mischievously pass the time in an overgrown garden full of statues, while a puritanical, funereal gentleman posts bills prohibiting all leisure activities.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day

James Broughton 1948 22m

Accepting the potentialities of the medium to manipulate both time and space, Broughton brings past and present head-on as he regards with adult feelings his childhood family and friends. Grown-ups romp like children, and by their magnified infantilism playfully underscore such basic traits as sadism, sensuality, arid egocentricity.

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