The House that Love Built

Name: The House that Love Built
Genre: Documentary, Family, History
Released: 2025

2025· 1h 40m

DocumentaryFamilyHistory

Directed by Derrick Benton, Anthony Jay van Dunk

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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

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