Title from disc surface

Originally released as a documentary film in 2011

Some copies of this DVD were added to our collection through a program supported by the Created Equal Grant, which is part of Bridging Cultures, a joint initiative of the NEH and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

Cinematography, Rex Miller, Steve Milligan, Abbot Mills ; editor, Elisabeth Haviland James ; original music, David Majzlin

Interviews and commentary (archival footage): Richard Loving, Mildred Loving, J. Lindsay Almond Jr., Virginia Governor, 1958; Edward Ayers, Historian and President, University of Richmond; Judge Leon M. Bazile, Caroline County Circuit Court; David Brinkley, NBC News, Washington; Bernard S. Cohen, Philip J. Hirschkop, ACLU Attorneys.

On June 2, 1958, Richard Loving and his fiancee Mildred Jeter traveled from Caroline County, VA, to Washington, D.C. to be married. Later, the newlyweds were arrested, tried and convicted of the felony crime of miscegenation. Two young ACLU lawyers took on the Lovings case, fully aware of the challenges posed. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in their favor on June 12, 1967 and resulted in sixteen states being ordered to overturn their bans on interracial marriage

Not rated.

DVD; Stereo / Dolby surround; AC-3; Dolby digital sound