Yoruba Richen

Directing·Jan 1, 1972·New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
FFree Joan Little2025 · Director	Director
American Coup: Wilmington 18982024 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
The Cost of Inheritance2023 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Recall: Reframed2022 · Producer	Producer
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks2022 · Director	Director
American Reckoning2022 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
How It Feels to Be Free2021 · Director	Director
The Killing of Breonna Taylor2020 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show2020 · Director	Director
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas2019 · Director	Director
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom2019 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer	Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
Crooked Lines2018 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Dykes, Camera, Action!2018 · Self	Self
Out in the Night2014 · Producer	Producer
The New Black2013 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
PPromised Land2009 · Director	Director