Interracial Marriage Drama 'Loving' Throws Hat In Oscar Ring

Loving, writer/director Jeff Nichols’ new film about Richard and Mildred Loving -- the interracial couple whose 1958 marriage violated Virginia’s anti-miscegenation laws, which were eventually overturned by the Supreme Court’s landmark Loving vs. Virginia ruling in 1967 -- held its first press screening Monday morning in Cannes.