A FilmBuff Presentation. He is credited as Lewis Allan because of the black list. The House I Live In opens October 5th. Written by Albert Maltz, produced by Frank Ross and directed by Mervyn LeRoy, the film won a special Honorary Academy Award in 1946. The House I Live In (1945) We hope you will enjoy the following film. What makes The House I Live In so engaging is the access Jarecki manages, even in situations that could show his subjects in a bad light. He stresses the importance of taking time to get to know people before interviewing them on camera in order to understand the context they inhabit. The hip-hop mogul and executive producer of The House I Live In tells of the suffering he saw while growing up in Queens. If you care about humanity, and if you care about the economics of our country, then go see this film. Movie Review - 'The House I Live In' - When It Comes To Drugs, A 'House' Deeply Divided Eugene Jarecki's The House I Live In paints a contemporary portrait of the "war on drugs." When he saw the film for the first time he walked out because the line in his lyric "my neighbors white and black" was not included in the film. Its effect on American drug consumption has been negligible. Tell people about it and encourage them to see it. The House I Live In is an uncreative, loooooooong winded, redundant documentary that isn't going to tell you anything you don't already know. Sinatra sings two songs : "If you are but a dream" (words and music by Moe Jaffe, Jack Fulton, Nat Bonx; melody based on Anton Rubinstein's "Romance in E flat, Op. Sinatra appeared in a 10-minute short for RKO, also titled The House I Live In, where he lectured a group of boys on racial and religious tolerance. How to be a better birder is largely the art of learning how to better pay attention, which is also one aspect of learning how best to live. director of The House I Live In, a new film about the so-called “war on drugs” that won the 2012 Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Directed with heart by Eugene Jarecki, … Published: 7:00 PM .