Lending new and compelling perspectives on the personal and professional partnership of director James Ivory (Oscar-winning writer of Call Me By Your Name), and producer Ismail Merchant, MERCHANT IVORY paints an extraordinary picture of two of independent cinema’s greatest pioneers.

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.