Yoruba Richen
Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1972 (age 54) · 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.
Known for
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
February 25, 2019
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
September 3, 2019
The New Black
June 14, 2013
Out in the Night
June 12, 2014
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
April 15, 2020
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
June 16, 2022
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
September 4, 2020
American Reckoning
February 15, 2022
The Cost of Inheritance
November 21, 2023
Storming Caesars Palace
August 3, 2022
Crooked Lines
October 31, 2018
How It Feels to Be Free
January 18, 2021
Behind the camera16
- 2025Free Joan Little Director
- 2024American Coup: Wilmington 1898 Director, Producer, Writer
- 2023The Cost of Inheritance Director, Producer
- 2022The Recall: Reframed Producer
- 2022Storming Caesars Palace Consulting Producer
- 2022The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Director, Executive Producer
- 2022American Reckoning Director, Writer, Producer
- 2021How It Feels to Be Free Director
- 2020The Killing of Breonna Taylor Producer, Director
- 2020