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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00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:30...I now pronounce you husband and wife.
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.
00:51Richard Perry Loving, being a white person, and Mildred Jeter, being a colored person,
00:58did unlawfully cohabitate as man and wife.
01:01Richard?
01:01Hey, please!
01:03I believe this is a battle that could go all the way to the Supreme Court.
01:07We ain't hurting anybody.
01:10The state of Virginia will argue that it is unfair to bring children of mixed race into
01:14the world.
01:16Tell that woman to come out here.
01:17I won't raise my family here.
01:23I don't care what they do to us.
01:25Keep picking, sir!
01:28I can take care of you.
01:32I know that.
01:35I can take care of you.
01:36I know we have some enemies, but we have some friends, too.
01:51You realize this case could alter the Constitution of the United States?
01:55You think you'll lose?
01:56We may lose a small battle, but win the big war.
02:05Is there anything you'd like me to say to the Supreme Court Justices of the United States?
02:09Yeah.
02:12Tell the judge I love my wife.
02:14I love my wife.