‘Home Sweet Home’ will make families swap houses and walk a mile on the skin of people other than themselves.
Ava DuVernay is making the leap to unscripted television with NBC.
The network has ordered 10 episodes of Home Sweet Home, a series of “social experiments” in which families will change homes with others from different origins. The show comes from Warner Horizon Unscripted Television and DuVernay’s Array Filmworks.
“The idea of Home Sweet Home It came to me during the strange and important moments that we are all experiencing. The premise is that we are more separate than ever, but subject to what we have in common: concerns with health, safety, justice and the community, “said DuVernay.” These notions manifest themselves in each of us in different ways, but nowhere more surprising. than in the privacy of our own homes. I am delighted that NBC and Warner Horizon embraced the challenge of this moment to celebrate the specificity of our differences as we discover the many beautiful things we have in common. “
Each episode of the series, DuVernay’s first unscripted show, will follow two families who lead vastly different lives as they swap homes and fully immerse themselves in the lives of their counterparts. It will recount the fierce curiosity and sense of adventure it takes to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, challenging racial, religious, economic, geographic, gender, and identity assumptions.
“We are honored to partner with Ava for the first time to bring Home Sweet Home to life on NBC, “said NBC Alternative and Reality Group President Meredith Ahr.” Led by Ava’s powerful and hopeful creative vision, these stories will reveal genuine moments of change that we hope will spark stimulating conversations and foster compassion, empathy, and understanding. “
Mike Darnell, Head of Warner Bros. Unscripted and Alternative TV, added: “Ava is an extraordinarily gifted and thoughtful storyteller. This life-changing journey promises to be an enriching experience that gives families the opportunity to see life through of a new lens. “
DuVernay created Home Sweet Home and will be executive producing with Sarah Bremner and Paul Garnes de Array. The series is the latest project for the prolific DuVernay (Selma, when they see us), who is developing a series based on the life of athlete and activist Colin Kaepernick and has projects on Amazon and HBO Max. She is also an executive producer at OWN Queen Sugar and Caress the day and he’s got big general business on Warner Bros. TV.
