The Loving Story (2012)
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100% of critics liked it
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87% of users liked it
(720 ratings)
This Oscar-shortlisted film is the definitive account of the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage: Loving v. Virginia. Married in Washington, D.C. on June 2, 1958, Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter returned home to Virginia where their marriage was declared… More This Oscar-shortlisted film is the definitive account of the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage: Loving v. Virginia. Married in Washington, D.C. on June 2, 1958, Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter returned home to Virginia where their marriage was declared illegal-he was white, and she was black and Native American. Hope Ryden's luminous, newly discovered home movie footage of the Lovings and their feisty young lawyers and rare photography by Grey Villet are stitched together in the debut feature by Full Frame Documentary Film Festival founder Nancy Buirski in a film that takes viewers behind the scenes of a pair of unlikely civil rights pioneers and their real-life love story.
- Directed By
- Nancy Buirski
- Written By
- Nancy Buirski, Susie Ruth Powell
- Genres
- Documentary
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 10, 2012 Limited
- Studio
- HBO Films
Critic Reviews
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Alessandra Stanley, New York Times
The tone of the film is solemn and pious, which seems almost inevitable when the topic is segregation and racial intolerance. But there are other reasons to watch this film besides feel-good expediency.
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Hank Stuever, Washington Post
Their story is a powerful statement about freedom.
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James Poniewozik, TIME Magazine
A low-key but moving documentary about two low-key people and their moving struggle.
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David Knowles, Hollywood Reporter
The film strikes a quiet, contemplative tone that befits its soft-spoken subjects rather than the tumultuous times in which they lived.
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David Hinckley, New York Daily News
The Loving Story is a different kind of 1960s civil rights tale, one that in many ways has a deeper level of warmth.
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Cast
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Mildred Jeter Loving
as Mildred Jeter Loving
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Richard Perry Loving
as Richard Perry Loving
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Bernard S. Cohen
as Bernard S. Cohen
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Philip Hirschkop
as Philip Hirschkop
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Peggy Loving
as Peggy Loving
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Sydney Jeter
as Sydney Jeter
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Donald Loving
as Donald Loving
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Garnet Jeter
as Garnet Jeter
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Lola Loving
as Lola Loving
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Kenneth Edwards
as Kenneth Edwards
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Lewis Jeter
as Lewis Jeter
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Robert Pratt
as Robert Pratt
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Edward Ayers
as Edward Ayers
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Raymond Green
as Raymond Green
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Ruthie Holliday
as Ruthie Holliday
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Robert Pierpoint
as Robert Pierpoint
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Hope Ryden
as Hope Ryden
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Abbott Mills
as Abbott Mills
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Caitlin Congdon
as Caitlin Congdon
