Yoruba Richen
Directing
Born January 1, 1972 in 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.
Filmography
The Fall of Diddy
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
The Cost of Inheritance
The Recall: Reframed
Storming Caesars Palace
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
American Reckoning
Black and Missing
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
How It Feels to Be Free
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
The New York Times Presents
And She Could Be Next
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Self - Narrator (voice)
Crooked Lines
Dykes, Camera, Action!
Self
Out in the Night
The New Black
American Experience