Yoruba Richen
Directing
Born January 1, 1972 · 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.
Directed (13)
Free Joan Little
2025
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
2024
The Cost of Inheritance
2023
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2022
American Reckoning
2022
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
2020
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
Crooked Lines
2018
The New Black
2013
Promised Land
2009
