Merchant Ivory
Merchant Ivory (2024) is a documentary feature film chronicling the lives and careers of independent cinema pioneers James Ivory, Ismail Merchant, and their many collaborators. Distributed by Cohen Media and Curzon UK, the film played all over the world at film festivals, art house cinemas, on the Turner Classic Movies channel, and is now available on streaming and Blu-ray. It was nominated for LGBTQ Documentary of the Year by GALECA.
Produced and Edited by Jon Hart
Directed by Stephen Soucy
“Not every documentary about filmmaking successfully dives beneath the surface as this one does.”
“a handsome, thorough tribute to the remarkable independent production company”
“succeeds on its own terms as sort of a hangout movie, non-fiction division”
“Anyone with a fondness for these movies and for tales of what might be described as a gentlemen guerrilla filmmaking operation will find immense pleasure here.”
“I defy anyone to watch this doc and not then want to revisit the Merchant Ivory back catalogue”