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A single mother struggling to raise her six children while simultaneously qualifying for home ownership receives a helping hand from a former fashion industry executive-turned-community activist in filmmaker Jeffrey M. Togman's though-provoking meditation on the future of urban America. Sheree Farmer lives with her six children on a dead-end Newark street controlled by gangs. Though she longs to escape her violent surroundings, a fight with her daughter Jalishah while working to qualify for a mortgage causes Sheree to lose custody of the young girl to her abusive ex-husband Larry - a violent ex-con and former drug-addict who mercilessly battered Sheree over the course of the couple's tumultuous fifteen-year marriage. Now threatened with the prospect of jail time for hitting her daughter and doubtful that she will be able to meet the rigorous demands required to become a homeowner, Sheree attempts to claim her stake on the American dream while all the while challenging the contemporary views of race and class. more..

Director: Jeffrey Togman

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  • The bad news is that Seitz's protagonists are almost all insufferable: Smug, self-important, opinionated and relentlessly convinced that they're far more sensitive, intelligent and interesting than they are.

    Maitland McDonagh - TV Guide

    13 May 2013

  • There's nothing especially new or interesting about the guests, the party or the movie. One bright note is Nicol Zanzarella as the elegant Susan, a freelance TV editor and co-host.

    V.A. Musetto - New York Post

    13 May 2013

  • Home accumulates a blurry, on-the-fly atmosphere spiked with moments of unexpected sweetness. The movie, though, is most successful when the dialogue mutes and our attention is focused on Jonathan Wolff's gliding camera; in those moments, the brownstone is the most interesting character of all.

    - The New York Times

    13 May 2013

  • Home's improvisatory aura proves more believable than "The Anniversary Party's" annoying contrivances, but it does little to hide the obvious fact that watching a rather dull party can be, well, rather dull.

    - Village Voice

    13 May 2013

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