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The Loving story [videorecording]

HBO Documentary Films presents ; an Augusta Films production ; director, Nancy Buirski ; produced by Nancy Buirski & Elisabeth Haviland James ; writers, Nancy Buirski & Susie Ruth Powell.
Format
DVD; Video
Summary
Documentary about the case of Richard & Mildred Loving, a white man & a black woman who were convicted by the state of Virginia for the crime of marrying across racial lines in the late 1950s.
Director
Nancy Buirski
Performer(s)
Interviews and commentary (archival footage): Richard Loving, Mildred Loving, J. Lindsay Almond Jr., Virginia Governor, 1958; Edward Ayers, Historian and President, University of Richmond; Judge Leon M. Bazile, Caroline County Circuit Court; David Brinkley, NBC News, Washington; Bernard S. Cohen, Philip J. Hirschkop, ACLU Attorneys.
Release Date
2011
Run Time
77 min.
Language
In English; closed-captioned.
Notes
Originally released as documentary in 2011.
Includes DVD-ROM link to teacher's guide (.PDF).
Contents
  • Virginia, 1958
  • Home
  • Exile
  • Sneaking back
  • The climate
  • The case
  • The court
Credits
Cinematography, Rex Miller, Steve Milligan; editing, Elisabeth Haviland James ; music, David Majzlin.
Published
Brooklyn, NY :Icarus Films,c2011.
Description
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sd., b&w, with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in. DVD, NTSC.
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