The House that Love Built

Derrick Benton
Anthony Jay van Dunk

2025•100 min.•

United States of America

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.

Documentary
Family
History

Cast

EB
Emuel Benton
Self (Archive Footage)
SRB
Shirley Rowena Benton
Self (archive footage)
DB
Derrick Benton
Self
MB
Markita Benton
Self
MD
Michael Daly
Self
IA
Isispeoria Aboushusha
Self
VD
Vanessa Deane
Self
NB
Northciardo Benton
Self

Crew

DB
Derrick Benton
Directing
AJvD
Anthony Jay van Dunk
Directing
AJvD
Anthony Jay van Dunk
Production
DB
Derrick Benton
Production
AJvD
Anthony Jay van Dunk
Camera
AS
Arielle Steele
Production
CB
Cassidy Bell
Production
CB
Cassidy Bell
Production
EH
Ebony Hatchett
Production
DB
Derrick Benton
Writing