6.5Directing
Yoruba Richen
- Born
- 1972-01-01
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
22 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Free Joan Little
2025 · Movie
Director
The Fall of Diddy
2025 · TV Show
Director
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
2024 · Movie
Director · Producer · Writer
The Cost of Inheritance
2023 · Movie
Director · Producer
American Reckoning
2022 · Movie
Director · Writer · Producer
Storming Caesars Palace
2022 · Movie
Consulting Producer
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2022 · Movie
Director · Executive Producer
The Recall: Reframed
2022 · Movie
Producer
Black and Missing
2021 · TV Show
Director
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
2021 · TV Show
Director
How It Feels to Be Free
2021 · Movie
Director
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
2020 · Movie
Producer · Director
The New York Times Presents
2020 · TV Show
Director · Producer
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020 · Movie
Director
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019 · Movie
Director
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019 · Movie
Self - Narrator (voice) · Director · Writer
Crooked Lines
2018 · Movie
Director · Producer
Dykes, Camera, Action!
2018 · Movie
Self
Out in the Night
2014 · Movie
Producer
The New Black
2013 · Movie
Director · Producer · Writer
Promised Land
2009 · Movie
Director
American Experience
1988 · TV Show
Producer · Writer · Director