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
American Experience
2024
The New York Times Presents
2020
The Fall of Diddy
2025
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
2021
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
Crooked Lines
2018
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2022
Black and Missing
2021
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
American Reckoning
2022
Out in the Night
2014
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Movies
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Acting
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Directing
18
Writing
5
Producing
12