Yoruba Richen
Born
1 January 1972 (54)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Yoruba Richen (born 1972) is a film director, screenwriter and producer. She produced and directed The New Black (2013), which won the audience award at AFI Docs, Frameline Film Festival and Philly Q Fest. It also won best documentary at Urbanworld Film Festival. The New Black was nominated for an NAACP Image Award and a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary. She is director of the documentary program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
Filmography (14)
Free Joan Little
2025
🎬 Director
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
2024
🎬 Director
The Cost of Inheritance
2023
🎬 Director
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2022
American Reckoning
2022
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
🎬 Director
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
2020
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
Crooked Lines
2018
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Dykes, Camera, Action!
2018
The New Black
2013
Promised Land
2009
🎬 Director