Yoruba Richen

Yoruba Richen

Known for: Directing

Born: December 31, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Dykes, Camera, Action!

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Dykes, Camera, Action!

Self

2018 Documentary
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Self - Narrator (voice)

2019 Documentary
The Killing of Breonna Taylor

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The Killing of Breonna Taylor

Producer

2020 Documentary
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

Director

2022 Documentary
The New Black

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The New Black

Director

2013 Documentary
Out in the Night

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Out in the Night

Producer

2014 Documentary
The Cost of Inheritance

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The Cost of Inheritance

Director

2023 Documentary
American Reckoning

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American Reckoning

Writer

2022 Documentary
Storming Caesars Palace

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Storming Caesars Palace

Consulting Producer

2022 Documentary
Crooked Lines

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Crooked Lines

Producer

2018 Documentary
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas

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American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas

Director

2019 Documentary
Promised Land

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Promised Land

Director

2008 Documentary
And She Could Be Next

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And She Could Be Next

Field Director

2020 Documentary
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

Director

2020 Documentary
How It Feels to Be Free

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How It Feels to Be Free

Director

2021 Documentary
American Coup: Wilmington 1898

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American Coup: Wilmington 1898

Director

2024 Documentary
Free Joan Little

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Free Joan Little

Director

2025 Documentary
The Recall: Reframed

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The Recall: Reframed

Producer

2022 Documentary
The New York Times Presents

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The New York Times Presents

Director

2020 Documentary
American Experience

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American Experience

Producer

1988 Documentary
The Fall of Diddy

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The Fall of Diddy

Director

2025 Documentary
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America

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High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America

Director

2021 Documentary