Yoruba Richen
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
- Directing
- Born
- 1972-01-01 · New York City, New York, USA
Known for
- The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019) — Self - Narrator (voice)
- American Experience (1988) — Producer
- The Fall of Diddy (2025) — Director
- The New York Times Presents (2020) — Director
- American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas (2019) — Director
- The New Black (2013) — Director
- Out in the Night (2014) — Producer
- High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021) — Director
- The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (2020) — Director
- Black and Missing (2021) — Director
- The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (2022) — Director
- Dykes, Camera, Action! (2018) — Self
- The Killing of Breonna Taylor (2020) — Producer
- American Reckoning (2022) — Director
- The Cost of Inheritance (2023) — Director
- Storming Caesars Palace (2022) — Consulting Producer