The Home Depot Made an Employee-focused Documentary. Here’s What They Learned.

Jan 31

Ragan spoke with Lou Dubois from The Home Depot about the company’s employee-focused approach to making its first documentary about rebuilding communities after natural disasters.

The Home Depot recently premiered its first-ever documentary, “Hope Builds,” at a makeshift theatre constructed in a lumber aisle at a store in Joplin, Missouri. This decision was not random — the 17-minute-film tells the story of the company’s history of helping rebuild communities after natural disasters, and this Joplin location replaced a former location that was torn apart by a tornado that hit the town in 2011, killing 161 people and devastating the community.

Several associates from the original Joplin store were on hand for the premiere, and some are also featured in the documentary. More than a story about how associates came together during times of unprecedented destruction and chaos, “Hope Builds” illustrates how The Home Depot community understands its sense of service to help the wider community at large rebuild.