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Mr. and Mrs. Loving

The true story of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving, arrested on their wedding night and exiled by a bigoted southern judge. With the help of an idealistic lawyer, the Lovings begin a courageous battle for their freedom as Americans, to be able to return to their families and live in dignity.

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  • "In Central Point, Virginia, Richard Loving, a poor white laborer, falls in love with Mildred "Bean" Jeter, a beautiful young black woman, and Richard Loving, a poor Virginia laborer. Mixed-race relationships are accepted here, but marriage, in 1960, is illegal under a miscegenation law dating from slave times. Bean becomes pregnant, and despite their families' fears, Richard insists on marrying her. They are arrested and thrown in jail. Having to choose between a three year jail sentence or a 25-year banishment from the state of Virginia, the Lovings choose freedom and move to Washington, D.C. Inspired by the speeches of Martin Luther King, Bean writes a letter to then Attorney-General Robert Kennedy requesting that the law be changed so that she and Richard can go home. Her letter reaches young ACLU attorney Bernie Cohen, who sees a great opportunity for social justice in this landmark case. Seven years after their banishment, The Lovings' case is heard by the Supreme Court. In a landmark ruling, the Court declares the Virginia law unconstitutional."
  • "The true story of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving, arrested on their wedding night and exiled by a bigoted southern judge. With the help of an idealistic lawyer, the Lovings begin a courageous battle for their freedom as Americans, to be able to return to their families and live in dignity."@en
  • "The true story of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving, arrested on their wedding night and exiled by a bigoted southern judge. With the help of an idealistic lawyer, the Lovings begin a courageous battle for their freedom as Americans, to be able to return to their families and live in dignity."
  • ""Inspired by the true story of an interracial couple's search for justice in the 1960's, MR. AND MRS. LOVING brings to light a little known chapter in American History. Mildred "Bean" Jeter, a beautiful young black woman, and Richard Loving, a poor Virginia laborer, fall in love in the early 1960's. When they marry in violation of a Virginia law that forbids mixed-race marriages, they are arrested and thrown in jail. Having to choose between a three year jail sentence or a 25-year banishment from the state of Virginia, the Lovings choose freedom and move to Washington, D.C."@en

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  • "Drama"@en
  • "Drama"
  • "Docudrama"@en
  • "Television"@en
  • "Made for TV movies"@en

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  • "Mr. & Mrs. Loving"
  • "Mr. and Mrs. Loving"@en
  • "Mr. and Mrs. Loving"