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November 2, 2016 The Skanner Page 7 Arts & Entertainment Inferno cont’d from pg 7 FILM REVIEW: ‘Loving’ Poignant Period Piece Recounts the Forbidden Romance That Led to Landmark Supreme Court Decision By Kam Williams Special to The Skanner News M ‘Inferno’ traumatized patient. As it turns out, the hit woman was part of a much larger conspira- cy. For, she was merely doing the biddng of Ber- trand Zobrist (Foster), an evil billionaire on the verge of hatching a dis- turbing solution for the world’s overpopulation problem. Essentially, the madman’s plan is to unleash a lethal virus designed to kill half the people on the planet in less than a week. That sets the stage for Langdon and Sienna’s dizzying race against time to unearth a cornu- copia of clues enabling them to track down and disarm the diabolical Zo- brist. That in a nutshell is the sum and substance of “Inferno,” except for a humdinger of a twist it would be unfair to spoil. Easily, the most acces- sible, engaging, enter- taining and cinematic ad- aptation of a Dan Brown thriller yet! Very Good HHH Rated PG-13 for action, violence, profanity, dis- turbing images, mature themes and brief sensu- ality In English, French and Italian with subtitles Running time: 126 min. To see a trailer for Infer- no, go to TheSkanner.com. ildred Jeter (Ruth Negga) and Richard Loving (Joel Edgerton) committed a crime just by falling in love when they were in the bloom of youth back in 1958. That’s be- cause she was Black and he was White, and they were living in Virginia, one of the many South- ern states with anti-miscegnation laws still on the books forbidding cohabitation, marriage, procre- ation or even sexual relations across racial lines. Nevertheless, Richard was so smitten he proposed and, after Mildred accepted, he purchased a vacant plot of land where he promised to build their dream home. However, when it came to time to wed, they had to travel north to Washington, D.C., a city where they could secure a mar- riage license. Upon returning to their tiny hometown of Central Point, they were promptly arrested during a nighttime raid staged by police- men tipped off about the recent nuptials. They charged the cou- ple with violating section 20-58 of Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act, a felony punishable with up to five years in prison. ‘Loving’ tells the true story of a couple that committed a crime by falling in love in 1958 The Lovings were ultimately convicted, but fled to the District of Columbia rather than serve their sentences, especially since “ to live, if it weren’t for state-sanc- tioned racial intolerance. Five years later, their plight came to the attention of Bernie They were promptly arrested during a nighttime raid staged by policemen tipped off about the recent nuptials. Mildred was expecting their first child by then. What a tragedy it was for them not only to be fugi- tives of justice, but to be forced to start their family in a strange big city, when they already had a place Cohen (Nick Kroll) and Phil Hir- shkop (Jon Bass) attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The lawyers talk- ed Mildred and Richard into lend- See LOVING on page 11
