Yoruba Richen
Directing
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 19
Movies (14)
- Free Joan Little2025Directing
American Coup: Wilmington 18982024Directing
The Cost of Inheritance2023Directing
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks2022Directing
American Reckoning2022Directing
How It Feels to Be Free2021Directing
The Killing of Breonna Taylor2020Directing
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show2020Directing
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas2019Directing
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom2019Self - Narrator (voice)
Crooked Lines2018Directing
Dykes, Camera, Action!2018Self
The New Black2013Directing- Promised Land2009Directing
Shows (5)
The Fall of Diddy2025Directing
Black and Missing2021Directing
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America2021Directing
The New York Times Presents2020Directing
American Experience1988Directing