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The House that Love Built

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0.0·2025·1h 40m

In 1980s Brooklyn, a resilient family, evicted from public housing, refuses to succumb to homelessness or welfare. Instead, they construct their own h...

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Emuel Benton

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Shirley Rowena Benton

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Derrick Benton

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Markita Benton

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Michael Daly

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Isispeoria Aboushusha

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Vanessa Deane

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Northciardo Benton

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DIRECTORS

Derrick Benton, Anthony Jay van Dunk

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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.