Virginie, en 1958. Richard Loving vient d'épouser Mildred et de lui montrer le terrain sur lequel il veut construire leur future maison. Une nuit, le couple est réveillé par la police. Son crime : s'être uni alors que le mariage mixte est interdit dans cet état ségrégationniste. Il évite les poursuites s'il accepte de quitter les lieux. Il s'exécute la mort dans l'âme. Bernie Cohen, un avocat engagé dans la lutte pour les droits civiques, contacte les Loving pour leur proposer ses services. Mildred, qui souffre d'être éloignée de sa famille, accepte de le rencontrer et l'idée de se battre. Richard est plutôt réticent...
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00:00♪♪♪
00:30I now pronounce you husband and wife.
00:34♪♪♪
00:42In here?
00:43Richard!
00:44What you doing in bed with that woman?
00:46I'm his wife.
00:48That's no good here.
00:50Richard Perry Loving being a white person
00:55and Mildred Jeter being a colored person
00:58did unlawfully cohabitate as man and wife.
01:01Richard!
01:02Hey, wait!
01:04I believe this is a battle that could go all the way to the Supreme Court.
01:08We ain't hurting anybody.
01:10The state of Virginia will argue that it is unfair
01:12to bring children of mixed race into the world.
01:16Tell that woman to come right here.
01:18♪♪♪
01:21I'm gonna raise my family here.
01:24I don't care what they do to us.
01:27I can take care of you.
01:30I know that.
01:33I can take care of you.
01:36♪♪♪
01:42I know we have some enemies,
01:44but we have some friends too.
01:47You realize this case could alter the constitution of the United States?
01:53You think you'll lose?
01:55We may lose a small battle,
01:58but win the big war.
02:00Is there anything you'd like me to say
02:03to the Supreme Court justices of the United States?
02:06Yeah.
02:09Tell the judge I love my wife.
02:13Tell the judge I love my wife.
02:16♪♪♪