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Loving

Synopsis

'Loving' celebrates the real-life courage and commitment of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving, 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 – making their love story an inspiration to couples everywhere.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2016 - Gala Presentations

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Features
Running time
123 mins
Director
Jeff Nichols
Producer
Nancy Buirski, Ged Doherty, Colin Firth, Sarah Green, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub
Executive Producer
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Editor
Julie Monroe
Screenwriter
Jeff Nichols
Director of Photography
Adam Stone
Production Designer
Chad Keith
Composer
David Wingo
Principal cast
Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Michael Shannon, Marton Csokas

Genre

Human Rights Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

US, UK coproduction

Big Beach Films (US), Raindog Films (UK)

Raindog Films

Andrew Gow
4th Floor
18 Broadwick Street
London
W1F 8HS

Sales Company

IMR International (Insiders MadRiver) (World sales excluding US)

301 N. Canon Drive
Suite 207
Beverly Hills
CA 90210
USA

Creative Artists Agency/ CAA (US sales)

2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles
CA 90067
USA

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