Oscar Potential 'LOVING' - Civil Rights movie about real life challenges of Interracial Marriages in the 60's

From acclaimed writer/director Jeff Nichols, “Loving” celebrates the real-life courage and commitment of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga), who married and then spent the next nine years fighting for the right to live as a family in their hometown. Their civil rights case, Loving v. Virginia, went all the way to the Supreme Court, which in 1967 reaffirmed the very foundation of the right to marry – and their love story has become an inspiration to couples ever since.  I can't wait to see this movie, see official trailer below,  In Theaters November 4th, 2016.  Read more about the couples real life story on TIME magazine.

                    

This Movie tells the inspiring and heartwarming story of Mildred and Richard Loving, an interracial couple who married in 1958 despite Virginia's anti-miscegenation laws.

The Real life couple in the 60's - Richard and Mildred Loving

In an Interview in 2004, Mildred clarified the misconception that she was black, saying, "I am not black, I have no black ancestry. I am Indian-Rappahannock (Native Indian tribe in Virginia). I told the people so when they came to arrest me.” Read more HERE.