Directing
Yoruba Richen
1972 · New York City, New York, USA
17 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
Crooked Lines
Director
American Reckoning
Director
Dykes, Camera, Action!
Self
Free Joan Little
Director
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
Director
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Director
Out in the Night
Producer
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Recall: Reframed
Producer
Storming Caesars Palace
Consulting Producer
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Director
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
Director