{"id":41130,"date":"2015-05-14T19:42:45","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T19:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=41130"},"modified":"2015-05-14T19:42:45","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T19:42:45","slug":"movie-about-va-s-now-defunct-ban-on-interracial-marriage-to-be-shot-in-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=41130","title":{"rendered":"Movie about Va.\u2019s now-defunct ban on interracial marriage to be shot in state"},"content":{"rendered":"

Movie about Va.\u2019s now-defunct ban on interracial marriage to be shot in state<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Washington Post<\/a>
\n2014-05-14<\/p>\n

Laura Vozzella<\/strong><\/a>, Richmond Bureau Reporter<\/p>\n

RICHMOND<\/a> \u2014 Virginia<\/a> has landed a movie project about Richard and Mildred Loving<\/a>, the real-life Virginia couple arrested in 1958 for violating the state\u2019s interracial marriage ban.<\/p>\n

The Lovings filed a lawsuit that eventually made its way to the Supreme Court, which in 1967 struck down bans on interracial marriage<\/a>. The case is often invoked today amid legal challenges to bans on same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

Gov. Terry McAuliffe<\/a> (D) announced on Thursday that makers of the movie had chosen to shoot the project in the state. A statement from his office noted that the court case at the center of the story was \u201ca landmark civil rights case in defense of marriage equality that is still relevant today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLoving<\/em> is a significant American story that should be told, and I am happy to announce it will be filmed in Virginia,\u201d said McAuliffe, who supports same-sex marriage. \u201cAttracting these projects to the Commonwealth helps build the new Virginia economy by generating new revenues, creating good-paying jobs for our citizens and continuing to highlight Virginia\u2019s historical significance.\u201d<\/p>\n

The film will star Ruth Negga<\/a> and Joel Edgerton<\/a>, and will be directed by acclaimed film director Jeff Nichols<\/a>. It was inspired by \u201cThe Loving Story<\/a>,\u201d a documentary produced and directed by Nancy Buirski<\/a> that aired on HBO, the governor’s office said…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Movie about Va.\u2019s now-defunct ban on interracial marriage to be shot in state The Washington Post 2014-05-14 Laura Vozzella, Richmond Bureau Reporter RICHMOND \u2014 Virginia has landed a movie project about Richard and Mildred Loving, the real-life Virginia couple arrested in 1958 for violating the state\u2019s interracial marriage ban. The Lovings filed a lawsuit that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,24,1245,1467,8,20,693],"tags":[20082,20081,20079,70,827,20080,2875,2581],"class_list":["post-41130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-arts","category-biography","category-law","category-media-archive","category-usa","category-virginia","tag-jeff-nichols","tag-joel-edgerton","tag-laura-vozzella","tag-loving-v-virginia","tag-ruth-negga","tag-terry-mcauliffe","tag-the-washington-post","tag-washington-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}