James Broughton Movies

"TESTAMENT is James Broughton's exquisite self-portrait. A major figure in avant-garde filmmaking and poetry since the 1940s, Broughton views his...

'Adventures of Jimmy' resolves its immature hero’s quest for “playmates” through a tongue-in-cheek narration that juxtaposes...

Accepting the potentialities of the medium to manipulate both time and space, Broughton brings past and present head-on as he regards with adult...

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

The film travels in close-up over the mysterious terrains of nude human bodies as they touch and explore one another.

The love shaman calls for a sexual revolution of the body politic urging mankind into a new love age.

This 11 minute homage to the male member shows its subject in the various stages of erection. The voice-over poem by James Broughton includes the...

A motion portrait of poet James Broughton, by his long time partner and filmmaker Joel Singer. Original music by Lou Harrison.

A lovely, poetic, humorous and crystal investigation of mankind standing, sitting and lying down.

A soundless mix of story fragments and images. Initially, images of death, a man with a guitar, a soirée. Some images are surreal: an older...

This film celebrates weddings and being wed, and the union of opposites in everything everywhere.

Celebrating the circulation of the waters of the world, this homage to James Broughton's favorite sage Lao-tsu is illustrated by the dance of...