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.
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Acting Credits
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Crew Credits
Acting
Crew
Movie
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Writer
2019
TV
American Experience
Producer
1988
TV
The Fall of Diddy
Director
2025
TV
The New York Times Presents
Director
2020
Movie
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
Director
2019
Movie
The New Black
Director
2013
Movie
Out in the Night
Producer
2014
Movie
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Director
2020
TV
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
Director
2021
TV
Black and Missing
Director
2021
Movie
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Director
2022
Movie
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
Producer
2020