Mr. and Mrs. Loving
- IMDb link: 0117098
- IMDb rating: 7.1 (734 votes) Search
- Genres: Drama, Biography, Romance
- Director: Timothy Hutton, Richard Friedenberg
- Cast: Lela Rochon, Ruby Dee, Bill Nunn and others
- Release date: 31 Mar 1996
- Release year: 1996
- Runtime: 105 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: character names as title, four word title, family character name in title, interracial sex, reference to robert f. kennedy, drag race, what happened to epilogue, reference to sidney poitier, reference to martin luther king jr., adult actress playing teenage girl
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A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple are exiled after their wedding and must wage a courageous battle to find their place in America as a loving family.
A racially mixed couple live in Virginia which violates the state's miscegenation laws. Arrested on the night of their wedding, Richard Loving (Timothy Hutton) and Mildred "Bean" Jeter (Lela Rochon) are given the option to either be imprisoned or leave the state. The couple chooses to move to Washington, D.C. The Civil Rights Movement and the fight for their marriage led to their win of the Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia.
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