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Season 7, Episode 1

Episode Title: Loving: Jeff Nichols Brings History to the Screen

Air Date: 2017-04-15

Overview:

In this episode, award-winning writer/director Jeff Nichols talks about bringing a highly charged true story to the screen and finding the personal connection to Richard and Mildred Loving – apolitical people at the center of the landmark 1967 civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate laws prohibiting interracial marriage.