For Love of Ivy

Sidney Poitier and jazz singer Abbey Lincoln light up the screen in this charming romantic comedy.

  • Director

    Daniel Mann

  • With

    Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges, Nan Martin

  • USA 1968. 101min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    PG

In this entertaining celebration of Black love, Poitier plays Jack Parks, a successful businessman with an illicit gambling operation who is blackmailed into seducing the maid of a white suburban family. With his virile, roguish, tuxedo-clad character, Poitier deliberately refashioned his cinematic persona for a film based on his own original story idea.

Joint ticket available with the For Love of Sidney Poitier event on Monday 6 January 18:20 NFT1 £17, concessions £14 (Members pay £2 less). Book in person at the box office or by phone on 020 7928 3232.