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Loving

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◖ 2:02 ◖ Drama ◖ PG ◖ A, L ◖ Internatio­nal and domestic flights Stars Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton

Director Jeff Nichols When Richard Loving (Joel Edgerton), a white constructi­on worker in Central Point, Virginia, falls for black woman Mildred Jeter (Ruth Negga), their dream of living as a family in their home town is quickly shattered. This is 1958 and their interracia­l marriage violates state law. First they’re jailed then banished. In desperatio­n, Mildred appeals to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy for help. Their civil rights case, Loving v.

Virginia, will go all the way to the United States Supreme Court.

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