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May 9, 2011 By iluvcinema Leave a Comment

The Loving Story (Tribeca Film Festival 2011)

Over a week has passed since we called “time” on the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. My participation in the 2011 this year included my usual volunteer activities, but was punctuated by my seeing the documentary, The Loving Story on Monday, April 25th. From the opening musical sequence (“Going Home,” a song based on Dvořák’s Largo theme/9th Symphony – one of my all-time favorite melodies, no less), The Loving Story had me.

In this beautiful song, we are provided with the perfect context for the narrative thread of the documentary – an practically unknown chapter in the fight for civil rights, a fight that the Lovings waged in the mid-1960s; a fight that ultimately went to the Supreme Court of the United States of America in 1967. At the center of the fight is a happily married couple, one black, one white – who simply wanted live in their home state of Virginia as a family.

My first exposure to the story of Richard and Mildred Loving was about 15 years ago when a feature film, Mr. and Mrs. Loving was released, featuring Timothy Hutton and Lela Rochon in the title roles.

What the documentary does that the feature film could not is provide is a greater sense of place, grounding the story in realism. Thanks to some wonderful cinema verite footage, archived audio court recordings, present-day interviews with the surviving actors in the story, and the magnificent trove of photography (courtesy of the estate of Grey Villet), we the audience are transported to the recent past. We are invited to share in the laughter, shock, cheers, jeers and tears that the Lovings no doubt were going through on their journey to equality.

As someone from the outside looking in, I was personally amazed at how composed and uncomplicated they were. Many of us have an image in our heads of how someone in the same position as the Lovings would behave. However, they were not marching, protesting firebrands, but rather, a quiet, unassuming couple who only wanted one thing – to go home and live a normal life.

The Loving Story is a living, breathing piece of history whose themes of love, marriage and family will definitely resonate with today’s society and the questions we are currently facing surrounding these same issues.

In closing, a job well done to Nancy Buirski, the director and one of the producers of the project. According to Lean Rozen’s article in The Wrap, the documentary will air in February 2012 as part of HBO Documentaries’ celebration of Black History Month.

For more information, you can follow the story of the Lovings and this film via Twitter and Facebook.

 

Filed Under: Documentaries Tagged With: 2011 tribeca, documentary, loving story, tribeca Film Festival

March 16, 2010 By idawson Leave a Comment

Event Alert: The "Virtual" Tribeca Film Festival!

Film ReelFor those who do not live in the NYC area and still want to experience the exciting films of the Tribeca Film Festival, here is your chance.

With a $45 premium pass to the Tribeca Film Festival Virtual, you can watch 8 or more feature films that will be shown simultaneously at TFF in NYC from April 23-30. TFF Virtual Premium will also offer short films, filmmaker Q&As, live red carpet coverage, and more. Tribeca can only sell a limited number premium passes, so get yours today!

For a sneak peek: check out some exclusive videos on TFF Virtual right now for free: http://www.tribecafilm.com/virtual

Starting April 21, movies curated by Tribeca Film will come to your living room via your cable provider’s On Demand service. With 15 titles to choose from, there will be something for everyone. In April, visit http://www.tribecafilm.com/tribecafilm to search for your cable provider by your ZIP code.

As a reminder if you DO live in the NYC area, the Festival is from April 21 to May 2! Check out the online Film Guide at http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide and see which films look good to you. Ticket packages are now on sale: http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/tickets/packages.html, and individual tickets go on sale April 13.

Finally, if you want to keep up TFF goings on, follow Tribeca on Facebook: facebook.com/tribecafilm and Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tribecafilmfest, and sign up for the Tribeca Newsletter at www.tribecafilm.com/register .

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