Yoruba Richen
New York, New York
Director
Writer
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Filmography
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★ 6.5
The Fall of Diddy
2025 Director
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Free Joan Little
2025 Director
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The Cost of Inheritance: An America ReFramed Special
2024 Director
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★ 7.6
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2022 Director
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★ 7.7
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
2021 Director
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★ 6.9
Black and Missing
2021 Director
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★ 6.8
The New York Times Presents
2020 Director
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★ 7.6
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show
2020 Director
Writer
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★ 8.1
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019 Actress
Director
Writer
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Crooked Lines
2018 Director
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Reconception
2016 Director
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★ 6.9
The New Black
2013 Director
Writer
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Promised Land
2009 Director
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★ 8.1
Independent Lens
1999 Director
Writer
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★ 8.6
American Experience
1988 Director
Writer
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★ 8.1
P.O.V.
1988 Director
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★ 8.2
American Masters
1985 Director
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★ 8.6
Frontline
1983 Director
Writer