The House that Love Built

0.0 / 10 0.0 2025 1h 40m

DocumentaryFamilyHistory

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.

Directed by Derrick Benton

Watch trailer

CAST

The people behind the story

—

Emuel BentonSelf (Archive Footage)

—

Shirley Rowena BentonSelf (archive footage)

—

Derrick BentonSelf

—

Markita BentonSelf

—

Michael DalySelf

—

Isispeoria AboushushaSelf

—

Vanessa DeaneSelf

—

Northciardo BentonSelf

Curated collection

The House that Love Built

More like this

Cinéastes de notre temps : Norman McLaren

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

Visconti: La verdad del melodrama

Solidão no Fundo da Agulha

La Chine, rêves et cauchemars

Retirement Home

The Empire Strikes Door

Bambo

The Factory

The Ring Thing

Shohei Imamura: The Freethinker

The Executive Empress

Unarmed Verses

India on Film: 1899 – 1947

Broken Token

An Indian Abroad

The Caravan

Business Ethics: a Documentary

Nanook Revisited

Noche de agosto sin luz