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Loving (12A)
Directed by Jeff Nichols
4/5
RICHARD and Mildred Loving just wanted to be married and able to raise a family.
Their fight for that right resulted in the landmark US Supreme Court ruling in 1967 which made it possible for other interracial couples to be legally wed across the US.
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