Magnolia at the Modern: Merchant Ivory

“[This] illuminating doc examines the private and professional sides of an enduring film partnership.” —David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

Merchant Ivory is the first definitive feature documentary on the professional and personal partnership of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant, and their primary associates, writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins.

Director Stephen Soucy lends new and compelling perspectives to the subject; footage from more than fifty interviews, clips, and archival material gives voice to the family of actors and technicians who helped define Merchant Ivory’s Academy Award-winning work of consummate quality and intelligence. With six Oscar winners among the notable artists participating, these close and often long-term collaborators intimately detail the transformational cinematic creativity and personal and professional drama of the wandering company that left an indelible impact on film culture.

NR; 111 minutes