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The House that Love Built

The House that Love Built
2025•1h 40m•Documentary•Family•History
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In 1980s Brooklyn, a resilient family, evicted from public housing, refuses to succumb to homelessness or welfare. Instead, they construct their own home-one scrap of discarded wood at a time.

Derrick Benton · Director

Anthony Jay van Dunk · Director

Derrick Benton · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 40m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 18, 2025

Actors

Emuel Benton

Self (Archive Footage)

Shirley Rowena Benton

Self (archive footage)

Derrick Benton

Self

Markita Benton

Self

Michael Daly

Self

Isispeoria Aboushusha

Self

Vanessa Deane

Self

Northciardo Benton

Self

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