Mr. & Mrs. Loving

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Mr. & Mrs. Loving ★★★ 1996 (PG-13)

Fact-based movie, set in the 1960s, follows the romance, marriage, and struggle of Richard Loving (Hutton) and Mildred “Bean” Jeter (Rochon). Growing up in rural Virginia, their interracial relationship isn't considered uncommon. But when Bean gets pregnant, they aren't allowed to marry and live together because of Virginia's racial laws. Instead, the Lovings start a life in Washington, D.C., but desperately homesick and increasingly aware of the civil rights movement, Bean writes a letter to the Attorney General's office. What results is young ACLU lawyer Bernie Cohen (Parker) taking on their case—which eventually leads to a landmark Supreme Court decision about miscegenation laws. 95m/C VHS, DVD . Timothy Hutton, Lela Rochon, Corey Parker, Ruby Dee, Isaiah Washington IV, Bill Nunn, Charles Gray; D: Richard Friedenberg; W: Richard Friedenberg; C: Kenneth Macmillan; M: Branford Marsalis. CABLE

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