Loving

Year: 2017
Description: Cast includes Marton Csokas, Joel Edgerton, Nick Kroll, Ruth Negga, and Michael Shannon.
In 1958 Mildred Jeter (played by Ruth Negga) and Richard Loving (played by Joel Edgerton) travel to Washington, D.C., to wed because interracial marriage was still illegal in their home state of Virginia. They are arrested and move, and then passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act spurs Mildred to take legal action that leads them to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Director: Nichols, Jeff
Writer: Nichols, Jeff
Producer: Buirski, Nancy; Doherty, Ged; Firth, Colin; Green, Sarah; Saraf, Peter; Turtletaub, Marc
Cinematographer: Stone, Adam
Editor: Monroe, Julie
Production Team: Focus Features, Raindog Films, Big Beach, Augusta Films, Tri-State Pictures, and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Genre: Feature Film
Drama
Source: Based on real-life events
Language: English
Availabled with dubbed French or Spanish dialogue
Media Format: 1 DVD (123 min.), 1 Blu-ray disc (123 min.), or 1 streaming video (123 min.)
Type: Color
Additional Content: The DVD and Blu-ray disc include featurettes on making the film and the court case Loving v. Virginia.
Original Release Date: 2016
Updated: 04-12-2022

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