On a gang-controlled dead end street, Sheree Farmer is raising her six children alone. With the help of Mary Abernathy, a former fashion industry executive turned community activist, Sheree struggles to buy her first home and escape her violent and drug-infested Newark neighborhood. In HOME, director Jeffrey Togman follows these two exceptional women in an intimate story that speaks to the future of America's cities.
Direction
Togman's patient observation lets dignity speak louder than despair.
Writing
No narration needed—the women's own words carry every frame.
Director
Jeffrey M. Togman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during peak 'broken windows' policing era, the film quietly argues poverty is policy, not pathology.
Togman spent two years embedded before filming; Sheree initially refused, distrusting 'poverty tourism' documentarians.
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