Loving (2016)

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Loving was screened firstly on November 4, 2016, in the USA. The American drama film was produced by Raindog Films. The movie storyline was written and directed by Jeff Nichols. The movie was based on the true story and Director Jeff Nichols was able to portray the story as accurately as possible by relying on The Loving Story (2011) which was documented by Nancy Buirski's, which captured many details of their private lives[1].

Plot

Richard Loving and Mildred (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga), are a couple who are planning to get married and start a family. However, there is a rule that says interracial marriage is forbidden in Virginia. Though their close relatives say take a safer decision, which is not a marriage, still, they decide to have a marriage. Both of them goes to Washington and got married. After their marriage has been approved by the government, they go back to Virginia. However, they are arrested for interracial marriage despite the approval of the government. The Virginia government does not approve of their marriage and told them to go out of Virginia if they want to act as a married couple. After several years in the city, Mildred wants to go back to Virginia and doesn't like the idea of raising her kids in the city. The timing has never been better when the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawyer assists them in a legal battle at the Supreme Court. Therefore, Richard and Mildred Loving decide to confront the government through the Supreme Court in making sure that their marriage is approved by the Virginian Government and can stay legally in Virginia with their children. The battle ends up in glory at the Supreme Court in 1967[2].

Mildred and Richard in Loving (2016)[3]

Black Empowerment

In Virginia, the USA, interracial marriage is prohibited and considered a crime. Although it seems that nobody in Virginia would take a side in a white man living with an African American woman, the couple shows their determination and resiliency to prove that racism should not be a barrier in love[4]. This movie shows that standing up and fighting for what you believe in has a very impactful influence, as shown that in the end, the Supreme Court states that the interracial marriage law is unconstitutional and changes the law of marriage forever especially in Virginia[5].

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