Yoruba Richen
Directing · Born Jan 1, 1972 · 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.
Known for
Directed
Free Joan Little
2025
The Fall of Diddy
20256.5
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
2024
The Cost of Inheritance
2023
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
20225.7
American Reckoning
20228.0
Black and Missing
20215.2
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
20217.0
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
20206.0
The New York Times Presents
20207.0
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
20205.9
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
20195.5
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
20197.8
Crooked Lines
2018
The New Black
20134.8
American Experience
19886.5
