Directing
Yoruba Richen
Born January 1, 1972 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.
Directed Films
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American Coup: Wilmington 1898
2024·Documentary
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The Cost of Inheritance
2023·Documentary
5.7
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2022·Documentary
8.0
American Reckoning
2022·Documentary
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How It Feels to Be Free
2021·Documentary
6.0
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
2020·Documentary
5.9
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020·Documentary
5.5
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019·Documentary
7.8
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019·Documentary
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Crooked Lines
2018·Documentary
4.8
The New Black
2013·Documentary
