Just in time for the holidays, the movie “Loving” is spreading throughout the nation’s movie theaters. For lawyers and soon-to-be lawyers, it’s a must-see.

It tells the story of Loving v. Virginia, the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision that put an end to state laws prohibiting interracial marriages. It begins in 1958 when Richard Loving, who was white, and his wife, Mildred, who was part black and part Native American, were rousted out of bed by police in rural Virginia and arrested under the state’s anti-miscegenation law.

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