Yoruba Richen
- Born
- January 1, 1972 (54 years old)
- 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.
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Known for
Filmography
- 2025Free Joan LittleFilm · Director
- 2025The Fall of DiddySeries · Director★ 6.5
- 2024American Coup: Wilmington 1898Film · Director, Producer, Writer
- 2023The Cost of InheritanceFilm · Director, Producer
- 2022The Recall: ReframedFilm · Producer
- 2022Storming Caesars PalaceFilm · Consulting Producer
- 2022The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa ParksFilm · Director, Executive Producer
- 2022American ReckoningFilm · Writer, Producer, Director
- 2021Black and MissingSeries · Director
- 2021High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed AmericaSeries · Director
- 2021How It Feels to Be FreeFilm · Director
- 2020The Killing of Breonna TaylorFilm · Producer, Director
- 2020The New York Times PresentsSeries · Director, Producer★ 7.0
- 2020The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight ShowFilm · Director
- 2019American Factory: A Conversation with the ObamasFilm · Director★ 5.5
- 2019The Green Book: Guide to FreedomFilm · Writer, Director★ 7.8
- 2018Crooked LinesFilm · Director, Producer
- 2014Out in the NightFilm · Producer
- 2013The New BlackFilm · Director, Producer, Writer
- 2009Promised LandPromised LandFilm · Director
- 1988American ExperienceSeries · Producer, Writer, Director★ 6.5
