Yoruba Richen
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
2024American Coup: Wilmington 1898
Director & Writer
2023The Cost of Inheritance
Director
2022The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Director
2022American Reckoning
Director & Writer
2021How It Feels to Be Free
Director
2020The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Director
2020The Killing of Breonna Taylor
Director
2019The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Director & Writer
2019American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
Director
2018Crooked Lines
Director
2013The New Black
Director & Writer