🎬 Documentary, Family, History

The House that Love Built

2025 1h 40m Dir. Derrick Benton

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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.

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Year
2025
Runtime
1h 40m
Genre
Documentary, Family, History
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Documentary 🎭 Family 🎭 History 🎬 Derrick Benton 👤 Emuel Benton 👤 Shirley Rowena Benton 👤 Derrick Benton
american dream brooklyn, new york city public housing military veteran eviction documentary filmmaking oral history family legacy black soldier eminent domain self build urban survival

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The House that Love Built has a runtime of 1h 40m (1 hour and 40 minutes).
The House that Love Built was directed by Derrick Benton and released in 2025.
The House that Love Built is a Documentary, Family, History film (2025).
The cast of The House that Love Built includes Emuel Benton, Shirley Rowena Benton, Derrick Benton, Markita Benton, Michael Daly.

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