Yoruba Richen
Known for: Directing
Born: January 1, 1972
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
17 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
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Free Joan Little
2025
6.4
The Fall of Diddy
2025
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American Coup: Wilmington 1898
2024
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The Cost of Inheritance
2023
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The Recall: Reframed
2022
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Storming Caesars Palace
2022
5.7
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2022
8.0
American Reckoning
2022
5.2
Black and Missing
2021
7.0
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
2021
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How It Feels to Be Free
2021
6.0
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
2020
7.0
The New York Times Presents
2020
5.9
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020
5.5
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019
7.8
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
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Crooked Lines
2018
0.5
Dykes, Camera, Action!
2018
4.5
Out in the Night
2014
4.8
The New Black
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Promised Land
2009
6.5
American Experience
1988