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Yoruba Richen

Directing

Born January 1, 1972 · New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Awards & recognition

  • Guggenheim Fellowship · 2012

Filmography12 titles

American Reckoning

2022Director, Producer, Writer

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

2019as Self - Narrator (voice)

The New York Times Presents

2020Director, Producer

American Experience

1988Director, Producer, Writer

The Fall of Diddy

2025Director

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

2020Director

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

2022Director, Executive Producer

American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas

2019Director

The New Black

2013Director, Producer, Writer

Out in the Night

2014Producer

And She Could Be Next

2020Field Director

How It Feels to Be Free

2021Director