James Broughton Movies

A short black and white film from James Broughton with Kermit Sheets in a Chaplinesque role.

Poems narrate four afternoon vignettes; each protagonist is older than the one in the previous sketch.

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...

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

James Broughton's creation myth, THIS IS IT, places a 2-year-old Adam and a bright apple-red balloon in a backyard garden of Eden, and works a small...

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.

Mapping extreme close-ups of Broughton's body, the camera slowly becomes a tool to reveal the erotic beauty of the body and the sensual pleasure in...

An old man (artist and landscape architect Bevis Bawa) contemplates the Garden of Eden.

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

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...

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

Poet/filmmaker James Broughton is bathed and massaged by Ray Stubbs, demonstrating pleasurable, nonsexual physical contact. Recommended for exploring...