Yoruba Richen
Known for Directing
Born January 1, 1972
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
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
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
Director
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
Writer
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
Director
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
Director
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Free Joan Little
2025
Director
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019
Director
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2022
Director
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2022
Executive Producer
The New Black
2013
Director
The New Black
2013
Writer
The New Black
2013
Producer
The Cost of Inheritance
2023
Director
The Cost of Inheritance
2023
Producer
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
2024
Director
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
2024
Writer
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
2024
Producer
Dykes, Camera, Action!
2018
as Self
Storming Caesars Palace
2022
Consulting Producer
American Reckoning
2022
Director
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