The House that Love Built

Name: The House that Love Built
Genre: Documentary, Family, History
Released: 2025-09-18

2025·1h 40m·★ 0.0

Documentary Family History

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.

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