The House that Love Built

Name: The House that Love Built
Director: Derrick Benton
Released: 2025-09-18
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Emuel Benton, Shirley Rowena Benton, Derrick Benton, Markita Benton, Michael Daly

September 18, 2025

1h 40m

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.