the film was written and directed by jeff nichols, golden globe nominee, ruth nedprks a, plays mildred loving and nick control plays the couple's attorney. >> you want to try to find their essence and you want to try to represent that truthfully. and i do not think they had an agenda. i think it's very important to the way the story plays out in the film, and i think it's really important to their story overall, which is the act of them getting married was not an act of defiance. it wasn't a symbol or a statement that they were trying to make. they just truly loved one another. and that's important because i think that sincerity, it can craw more people into their story. this isn't propaganda. this isn't-- this isn't two people trying to make you think one way or another. they just loved one another. and i think that's-- that's an important thing on focus on. >> so richard loving was not all that talkative. mildred wasn't necessarily, either. but a little bit more. >> yes. she was, i suppose, the mouthpiece of the couple. i think that it landed on her to-- to be the one to be the commu

jeff: running mate is the writer and director jeff nichols and ruth negga and nick kroll.ant to start with you. the trailer debt with the court case -- dealt with the court case but the film overall, what strikes people who see it is it is a more personal story that it is the public story. the you are approaching script which you wrote, why did you decide to focus on this marriage in particular as opposed to the bigger case? jeff: the first thing i was approached with is the story. when you sit down to watch nancy's documentary, you are immediately struck by this archival footage of -- footage of these two people. it is filled with it, with these lifeographs from magazine. it is very clear that these two people sincerely loved one another. by the end of watching the documentary, i felt like i was witnessing one of the greatest love stories in american history. e very much sense, it made a lot of sense to focus on that, to focus on those two people. jeff: despite how reticent they are in the documentary and in their lives, how quiet they were, you sensed the love. these wer