Film

The House that Love Built

20251h 40mDocumentary Family History

Director: Derrick Benton
Year: 2025

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.

Top cast

Emuel Benton

Self (Archive Footage)

Shirley Rowena Benton

Self (archive footage)

Derrick Benton

Self

Markita Benton

Self

Michael Daly

Self

Isispeoria Aboushusha

Self

Vanessa Deane

Self

Northciardo Benton

Self

Directed by

Derrick Benton, Anthony Jay van Dunk

Written by

Derrick Benton