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The House that Love Built

20250.0 / 10100 min

Documentary, Family, History

Overview

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.

Cast

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

Crew

Derrick Benton

Director

Anthony Jay van Dunk

Director

Anthony Jay van Dunk

Executive Producer

Derrick Benton

Executive Producer

Anthony Jay van Dunk

Director of Photography

Arielle Steele

Executive Producer

Cassidy Bell

Associate Producer

Cassidy Bell

Director of Operations

Ebony Hatchett

Associate Producer

Derrick Benton

Writer