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James broughton, eric slade, stephen silha, dawn logsdon. James henry ailwyn broughton was born on 25 may 1963. Big joy is a documentary that explores the twists and turns in the life of a very colorful. The bliss of with poem by james broughton poem hunter. Being identified as a poet in france or denmark or india one is greeted with. Dreamwood 1972 is james broughton s most surreal, abstract, dreamlike and. The adventures of james broughton on your tv or mobile device at home. Later films of james broughton include dreamwood 1972, high kukus 1973, and testament 1974.
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The adventures of james broughton now on your favorite device. James broughtons 1971 film the golden positions is a meditation on and catalog of. View james broughtons profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. He called himself a cambrian, implying welsh blood in his veins. Big joy explores broughtons passionate embrace of a life of pansexual transcendence and a fiercely independent mantra. The adventures of james broughton hitting ur retina. Our list of movies in theaters in 2014 is even more accurate than the imdb database. James broughton november 10, 19 may 17, 1999 was an american poet and poetic. English us espanol portugues brasil francais france deutsch. Tiz a great pleasure to see who james broughton was, to see clips of his films and to hear stories of friends family who knew, worked with, and loved him. His gravestone in a port townsend cemetery reads, adventure not predicament. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover james.
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