The House that Love Built (2025)

CinemaOSMovie · 2025 · 1h 40m

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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.

Directed byDerrick Benton, Anthony Jay van Dunk

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Status: Released
Runtime: 1h 40m
Language: EN
Released: September 18, 2025

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Filming Real Emotional ExperiencesAhwaaleew Stories

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8 credited

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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

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Directed by: Derrick Benton
Anthony Jay van Dunk
Written by: Derrick Benton

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