Yoruba Richen
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1972
- Place of birth
- 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.
Movies with Yoruba Richen
- The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 2019 · ★ 7.8
- Dykes, Camera, Action! 2018 · ★ 0.5
Movies directed by Yoruba Richen
- The Green Book: Guide to Freedom 2019 · ★ 7.8
- American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas 2019 · ★ 5.5
- The New Black 2013 · ★ 5.0
- The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 2020 · ★ 5.9
- The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks 2022 · ★ 5.7
- American Reckoning 2022 · ★ 8.0
- The Killing of Breonna Taylor 2020 · ★ 6.0
- The Cost of Inheritance 2023
- Crooked Lines 2018
- Promised Land 2009
- How It Feels to Be Free 2021
- American Coup: Wilmington 1898 2024
- Free Joan Little 2025