The Loving Story In The News

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• “But it’s the Lovings, not Loving v. Virginia, that hold our attention. Their reticence, even under such close camera scrutiny, is intriguing and even charming.”- The New York Times

• “The film strikes a quiet, contemplative tone that befits its soft-spoken subjects rather than the tumultuous times in which they lived.” – The Hollywood Reporter

• “The Lovings had no idea they were going to change America. Nor did they particularly want the role—”I wasn’t involved with the civil rights movement,” Mildred explains at one point. “We were trying to get back to Virginia. That was our goal.” – Mother Jones

• “What We Learned: A Moving Tale of Love and Civil Rights” - Entertainment Weekly

• “The Loving War: How Black History Is Both Black And White” - The Picture Show from NPR

• “With no narration and only a few on-screen titles, “The Loving Story” is told mostly in the voices of those who lived it.” – STL Today’s Tube Talk with Gail Pennington

• “When I see mixed couples, I’m like, they don’t even know how they’re able to do this,” she says. “It was because of my parents they’re able to. Even now, the younger ones, there’s more interracial couples than ever and they don’t know. They don’t know.” - Peggy Loving in The New York Post

• “It reminds you of what great non-fiction filmmaking can be” - David Zurawik’s preview of “The Loving Story” from The Baltimore Sun (click on quote for mp3 file)

• “Love in a time of … Jim Crow” - The Christian Science Monitor Top Picks