Biography
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.
Filmography
all 19
Movies 17
Producer 9
Director 8
TV Shows 2
self 2
Director / Producer / Writer

American Coup: Wilmington 1898 (2024)
Movie
Director / Producer

The Cost of Inheritance (2023)
Movie
Producer

The Recall: Reframed (2022)
Movie
Consulting Producer

Storming Caesars Palace (2022)
Movie
Director / Executive Producer

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (2022)
Movie
Director

American Reckoning (2022)
Movie
Director / Producer

The New York Times Presents (2020)
TV
Field Director

And She Could Be Next (2020)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice) / Writer / Director

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)
Movie
Director

Crooked Lines (2018)
Movie
Producer

Out in the Night (2014)
Movie
Director / Producer / Writer

The New Black (2013)
Movie
Director

Promised Land (2009)
Movie
Director / Producer / Writer

American Experience (1988)
TV
3.5
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1972-01-01 (53 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesNew York City, United States
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
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