Yoruba Richen
Directing · Born 1972-01-01 · age 54 · 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.
Titles
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
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
American Reckoning
And She Could Be Next
The Cost of Inheritance
Storming Caesars Palace
Crooked Lines
How It Feels to Be Free
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
The Recall: Reframed