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Main image: Richard (Joel Edgerton) and Mildred
Loving (Ruth Negga) on the porch of the remodeled
Berkeley Plantation house that stood in for the King
and Queen County home, where the Lovings actually
lived. Above right: Two photographs of the house,
dressed for the 1950s.
When I first started research for Loving, I didn't know much about the couple. I had
heard of the case but couldn't put faces with their name. There was a documentary
made about them by Nancy Buirski for HBO that I immediately watched, knowing
she was going to be involved with this film. She provided us with hard drives of
footage and color photography that she had gathered about Richard and Mildred
Loving. It was a great help for us all to be quickly immersed in their world.
