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.
Directed 17
2020s
- 2025
Free Joan Little
Director
- 2024
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
Director
- 2023
The Cost of Inheritance
Director
- 2022
American Reckoning
Director
- 2021
How It Feels to Be Free
Director
- 2020
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
Director
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Director
2010s
- 2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Director
- 2018
Crooked Lines
Director
- 2013
The New Black
Director
1980s
- 1988
Produced 12
2020s
- 2024
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
Producer
- 2023
The Cost of Inheritance
Producer
- 2022
The Recall: Reframed
Producer
Storming Caesars Palace
Consulting Producer
American Reckoning
Producer
- 2020
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
Producer
2010s
- 2018
Crooked Lines
Producer
- 2014
Out in the Night
Producer
- 2013
The New Black
Producer
1980s
- 1988
Wrote 5
2020s
- 2024
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
Writer
- 2022
American Reckoning
Writer
2010s
- 2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Writer
- 2013
The New Black
Writer
1980s
- 1988
Appearances2
2010s
- 2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2018
Dykes, Camera, Action!
Self