New York City–Behind every landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, there’s an actual human story. Director-producer Nancy Buirski uncovers a particularly poignant one in her documentary, “The Loving Story,” which is showing at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Her film is about Richard and Mildred Loving, who wed in 1958 in Washington, D.C. He was white and she was African-American and Native American. When the young couple returned to their home in rural Virginia, they were arrested in the middle of the night and charged with having violated the state’s ban against inter-racial marriage. If they wanted to remain a couple — and they did — the Lovings were prohibited from living together in their native Virginia.