Merchant Ivory

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

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. 

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.

Shakespeare Wallah, Merchant Ivory’s first international success story, screens with an introduction from Omar Ahmed on Sun 8 Dec.