*The first trailer for “Loving” has been released.
Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga star as Richard and Mildred Loving, the real life interracial couple whose fight for the right to marry became the landmark 1960s Supreme Court case known as Loving v. Virginia.
Richard, a white man, and his black wife Mildred, were arrested in 1959 and were eventually sentenced to a year in prison for their interracial marriage. At the time, it was illegal for an interracial couple to marry out of state and return to live in Virginia.
The Supreme Court ruled in the Lovings’ favor in 1967 with the decision also ending all race-based marriage restrictions in the U.S.
Jeff Nichols directs the film. Watch the trailer below:
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