Yoruba Richen
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
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.
Best known work
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
American Experience
1988
The Fall of Diddy
2025
The New York Times Presents
2020
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019
The New Black
2013
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
2021
Out in the Night
2014
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
Black and Missing
2021Filmography
2025
Free Joan LittleDirector
2025
2024
American Coup: Wilmington 1898Director, Producer, Writer
2023
The Cost of InheritanceDirector, Producer
2022
The Recall: ReframedProducer
2022
Storming Caesars PalaceConsulting Producer
2022
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa ParksDirector, Executive Producer
2022
American ReckoningWriter, Producer, Director
2021
2021
2021
How It Feels to Be FreeDirector
2020
The Killing of Breonna TaylorProducer, Director
2020
2020
2019
2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedomas Self - Narrator (voice), Writer, Director
2018
Crooked LinesDirector, Producer
2018
Dykes, Camera, Action!as Self
2014
Out in the NightProducer
2013
The New BlackDirector, Producer, Writer
2009
Promised LandDirector
1988