Interview in The PC Principle

“As Nancy said to me, one person doesn’t make a film and she is totally correct…This group has put together an amazing film about a very important case in our country’s history. A documentary that will make you think about how quickly something can be taken from you and how if you truly believe in something, you should fight for it no matter the odds.”

See (and hear) the full interview from The PC Principle here.

In The Classroom: The Loving Story Teacher’s Guide Released

Created by Teaching Tolerance

We are thrilled to announce the arrival of the official Loving Story Teacher’s Guide, created by Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Available for viewing here, the guide is a valuable resource for educators and students alike, walking classrooms through this complex and often overlooked part of American History.

Covering a broad range of topics including the Arts, History, Civics, Geography, and Language Arts, this equips classrooms to have a dynamic learning experience by getting out of textbooks and into film.

For more information on The Loving Story and Educational Opportunities please contact us.

The Loving Story In The News

Click on quotes below for links to full articles and images

• “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

Screening at Jacob Burns Film Center- Tues Jan 31st

This TUESDAY, Jan 31st, The Loving Story will be screening at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, NY. If you’ve never been, this is an amazing space dedicated to film and media arts.

Join us at 7:30pm for the film, following by a Q&A with director Nancy Buirski.

“…the most romantic and moving documentary of the year…”

It made our day to see this shoutout from Bust Magazine, calling The Loving Story a Must-Watch and “the most romantic and moving documentary of the year.”

Their particular choice of photograph is also the perfect opportunity to give a very special thanks to Barbara Villet for her beautifully written piece about her late husband, Grey Villet, and the story behind his photography of the Loving family.

Of the image above, she wrote:

“…a picture of Richard and Mildred Loving standing on their porch with a pillar between them quietly suggests the legal barriers then threatening their marriage.”

We encourage you to read her essay as it adds another intimate layer to the deeply moving photography.