6 7 ▁U . S . ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁( the ▁Warren ▁Court ) ▁decision ▁L oving ▁v . ▁Virginia , ▁which ▁invalid ated ▁state ▁laws ▁prohib iting ▁inter ra cial ▁marriage . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁produced ▁by ▁Big ▁Beach ▁and ▁Rain dog ▁Films , ▁and ▁distributed ▁by ▁F ocus ▁Fe atures . ▁The ▁film ▁takes ▁insp iration ▁from ▁The ▁L oving ▁Story ▁( 2 0 1 1 ) ▁by ▁Nancy ▁Bu ir ski , ▁a ▁document ary ▁which ▁follows ▁the ▁Lov ings ▁and ▁their ▁land mark ▁case . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Jeff ▁Nich ols , ▁who ▁also ▁wrote ▁the ▁screen play . ▁Ruth ▁Neg ga ▁and ▁Jo el ▁Ed g erton ▁co - star ▁as ▁M ild red ▁( née ▁J eter ; ▁July ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁– ▁May ▁ 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 ) ▁and ▁Richard ▁L oving ▁( Oct ober ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 3 3 ▁– ▁June ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 7 5 ). ▁Mart on ▁Cs ok as , ▁Nick ▁K roll , ▁and ▁Michael ▁Sh annon ▁are ▁all ▁featured ▁in ▁supporting ▁roles . ▁Princi pal ▁phot ography ▁began ▁in ▁Richmond , ▁Virginia , ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁and ▁ended ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 9 . ▁The ▁locations ▁used ▁for ▁L oving ▁were ▁mainly ▁based ▁in ▁Richmond , ▁also ▁in ▁King ▁and ▁Queen ▁County , ▁Caroline ▁County , ▁Central ▁Point , ▁and ▁Bow