Yellow House

Sarah M. Broom returns to her childhood home in New Orleans — a yellow mansion that was a symbol of both hope and pain for her family across generations — to tell the story of the Brooms and the story of America. Through the reconstruction of memories and family archives, she weaves a narrative that goes beyond personal biography, touching on issues of race, class, belonging, and the meaning of "home."

The yellow house emerges not only as a physical space but as a metaphor for resilience, accumulated trauma, and the discoveries that come when we finally allow ourselves to face what we built and what destroyed us. A profound and lyrical meditation on family, identity, and redemption.

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