Directing
Yoruba Richen
Born 1972-01-01 · 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.
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Free Joan LittleDirector2025
The Fall of DiddyDirector2025
American Coup: Wilmington 1898Director2024- American Coup: Wilmington 1898Producer2024
- American Coup: Wilmington 1898Writer2024
The Cost of InheritanceDirector2023- The Cost of InheritanceProducer2023
The Recall: ReframedProducer2022
Storming Caesars PalaceConsulting Producer2022
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa ParksDirector2022- The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa ParksExecutive Producer2022
American ReckoningDirector2022- American ReckoningWriter2022
- American ReckoningProducer2022
Black and MissingDirector2021
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed AmericaDirector2021
How It Feels to Be FreeDirector2021
The Killing of Breonna TaylorProducer2020- The Killing of Breonna TaylorDirector2020
The New York Times PresentsDirector2020- The New York Times PresentsProducer2020
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight ShowDirector2020
American Factory: A Conversation with the ObamasDirector2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedomas Self - Narrator (voice)2019- The Green Book: Guide to FreedomDirector2019
- The Green Book: Guide to FreedomWriter2019
Crooked LinesDirector2018- Crooked LinesProducer2018
Dykes, Camera, Action!as Self2018
Out in the NightProducer2014
The New BlackDirector2013- The New BlackProducer2013
- The New BlackWriter2013
- Promised LandDirector2009
American ExperienceProducer1988- American ExperienceWriter1988
- American ExperienceDirector1988