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San Francisco Cinematheque Tonight San Francisco Cinematheque celebrates the great artist and San Franciscan James Broughton, who died in May 1999 at the age of eighty-five. After World War II, San Francisco, enjoying its now- legendary "Renaissance," flowered as a center of avant-garde filmmaking and pre-Beat poetry. James Broughton was a key figure in both worlds, making his first solo film, Mother's Day in 1948 (following the legendary Art In Cinema premiere of The Potted Psalm), while concurrently reading poetry with such luminaries as Robert Duncan, Kenneth Rexroth and Madeline Gleason. In 1968, after a 13-year hiatus, James returned to filmmaking with The Bed and began a fruitful tenure as Professor at the S.F. Art Institute, which lasted from 1968 to 1981. In 1976 James and his life-companion Joel Singer began their collaboration which was to finally include seven films, including Song of the Godbody (1977), an intimate portrait of James, The Gardener of Eden (1981), filmed during their Sri Lankan "honeymoon," and Devotions (1983). Tonight's program was co-curated and will be presented by Joel Singer and James' long-time SFAI colleague and friend, filmmaker Janis Crystal Lipzin. James Broughton presented 16 evenings of his films and poetry between July 30, 1970 (the earliest year for which we currently have Canyon Cinematheque records—the organization began in 1961) and November 11, 1993, the latter being the occasion of his 80 th Birthday Celebration. James last appeared at the San Francisco Art Institute with Sidney Peterson on March 20, 1996, in an evening co-sponsored by SFAI and Cinematheque as part of the Art Institute's 125 th Anniversary Celebration. The large majority of James' one-person Canyon/San Francisco Cinematheque shows featured premieres of his films. PROGRAM 1) Opening Remarks by Janis Crystal Lipzin 2) Reading/Commentary by Jack and Adele Foley 3) Past Present Future Present, ca. 20 minutes, video, produced by Kush of the Cloud House Poetry Archives, recorded between 1977-1993 4) Introduction of evening's films by Joel Singer 5) Films by James Broughton: Mother's Day (1948); 16mm, b&w, sound, 23 minutes The Bed (1968); 16mm, color, sound, 20 minutes Song of the Godbody (1977); 16mm, color, sound, 11 minutes Films by James Broughton & Joel Singer: The Gardener of Eden (1981); 16mm, color, sound, 8.5 minutes Devotions (1983); 16mm, color, sound, 22 minutes 102