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THE LOVING STORY Nominated for Three Emmy® Awards
All of us associated with THE LOVING STORY are honored to have been nominated for three Emmy® Awards: Outstanding Documentary, Outstanding Historical Programming and Outstanding Editing. What a great team effort! And look what it says about the heroics of Mildred and Richard Loving! The Official Press Release
THE LOVING STORY Wins Gabriel Award
THE LOVING STORY has recently been awarded a Gabriel Award. The Gabriel Awards are designed to honor works of excellence in film, network and cable television and radio programs, including those movies and shows that serve audiences through the positive, creative treatment of concerns to humankind. “The single most important criterion of a Gabriel winning [...]
THE LOVING STORY Wins Peabody Award
On March 27, 2013–the 72nd year of the awards–it was announced that THE LOVING STORY had been honored with a Peabody. The George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious service by broadcasters, cable and Webcasters, producing organizations, and individuals. George Foster Peabody Award
Recent Awards/Festivals
Winner, Best Use of Footage in a Factual Production, FOCAL International Awards 2012 The Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries International is a professional not-for-profit trade association formed in 1985 to facilitate the use of library footage, images, stills and audio in all forms of media production. 2013 Bermuda Docs Film Festival 2013 Langston Hughes Performing Arts [...]
The Loving Story Around the World: Tajikistan
In the months following the television debut of THE LOVING STORY on HBO, our film’s producer and editor Elisabeth Haviland James traveled to Tajikistan as a guest of the State Department to discuss filmmaking and THE LOVING STORY. Her experience showed that the film’s message transcends borders. I had the amazing opportunity to travel to [...]
The Loving Story Around the World: Kyrgyzstan
Our filmmakers have been accompanying THE LOVING STORY to festivals and screenings around the globe and chronicling the film’s reception. In this post, writer Susie Ruth Powell discusses the impact of THE LOVING STORY on audiences in Kyrgyzstan. Several attentive audiences in Kyrgyzstan took the time to view THE LOVING STORY and react to the [...]
The Loving Story Around the World: Colombia
Most recently, our director Nancy Buirski traveled to Columbia under the Sundance Film Forward program, an initiative organized by the Sundance Institute and supported by various government agencies, to screen THE LOVING STORY. Given the history of violence in the region, her experience there was especially poignant… The notion of violence permeates our trip. It [...]
U.S. Theatrical Premiere of The Loving Story on December 10th at Maysles Cinema
The Loving Story has its U.S. Theatrical Premiere at The Maysles Cinema on December 10th, screening until December 16th. Our director Nancy Buirski will be at the December 14th screening for a Q&A! You can purchase your tickets and watch the trailer online now. For more information, please click here:
The Loving Story Awarded John E. O’Connor Film Prize by the American Historical Association
The Loving Story has been awarded the prestigious John E. O’Connor Film Prize by the American Historical Association. The film will be screened at the 127th Annual Meeting in New Orleans on January 4th. We are proud to be joining John Sayles, whose work will be screened in retrospective at the event. For more information [...]
Symphony Space Screening Series
The Loving Story will be headed back to New York City for a special series of screenings at Symphony Space as part of Thalia Film Sundays. Screenings will occur on July 8, 15 and 22 at 6pm. There will be a Q&A with Nancy Buirski following the July 8 and 15 screenings moderated by journalist Caryn [...]
Civil Rights Belt Tour Underway
Thanks to the efforts of Crowdstarter and the support of The Fledgling Fund, The Loving Story has kicked off a special Civil Rights Belt Tour, bringing our film to communities and locations that otherwise may not have access to the film in theaters.
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