Yoruba Richen
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1972 (age 54)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
American Experience
The Fall of Diddy
The New York Times Presents
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
The New Black
Out in the Night
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Black and Missing
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Dykes, Camera, Action!
Filmography
Free Joan Little
Movie · Director
The Fall of Diddy
TV · Director · 5 eps
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
Movie · Director
The Cost of Inheritance
Movie · Director
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Movie · Director
American Reckoning
Movie · Director
How It Feels to Be Free
Movie · Director
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
TV · Director · 1 ep
Black and Missing
TV · Director · 3 eps
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Movie · Director
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
Movie · Director
The New York Times Presents
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Movie · Director
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
Movie · Director
Crooked Lines
Movie · Director
The New Black
Movie · Director
Promised Land
Movie · Director
American Experience
TV · Director · 1 ep