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Colour-blind Loving triumph
MARIA DUARTE recommends the inspiring story of a couple who defied racist marriage laws

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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