OPENING NIGHT FILM
Sponsored by EPIC
MERCHANT IVORY
THURS, 12/5, 8:00pm, 111 min
BAY STREET THEATER
Director Stephen Soucy and James Ivory in attendance for Q&A with Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Cocktail reception follows the film screening
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Director: Stephen Soucy
Producers: Stephen Soucy, Jon Hart
Editors: Humphrey Dixon, Katherine Wenning, John Allen
Cinematographer: Tony Pierce Roberts
The film is the definitive presentation and tribute to the Merchant Ivory partnership, anchored by interviews with James Ivory and forty-one Merchant Ivory close collaborators, detailing and celebrating their experiences of being a part of the “wandering company” helmed by legendary producer Ismail Merchant. With six Academy Award-winners among the notable artists participating, including Emma Thompson and Vanessa Redgrave, the documentary provides new and compelling perspectives on a unique partnership that produced seminal films over four decades.
Stephen Soucy is a film director at Modernist Film. Merchant Ivory is his first feature-length documentary, made in collaboration with Director and Screenwriter, James Ivory. Soucy’s other film work includes the short animated film Rich Atmosphere: The Music of Merchant Ivory Films and the short narrative films A Gifted Amateur and Slant.