Yoruba Richen
Director · Actor · WriterYoruba 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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American Coup: Wilmington 1898
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The Cost of Inheritance
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
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American Reckoning
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How It Feels to Be Free
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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
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The Killing of Breonna Taylor
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
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American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019
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Crooked Lines
2018
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The New Black
2013
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- Promised Land
Promised Land
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American Coup: Wilmington 1898
2024
Producer
The Cost of Inheritance
2023
Producer
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2022
Executive Producer
American Reckoning
2022
Producer
Storming Caesars Palace
2022
Consulting Producer
The Recall: Reframed
2022
Producer
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
2020
Producer
Crooked Lines
2018
Producer
Out in the Night
2014
Producer
The New Black
2013
Producer
