Yoruba Richen
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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.
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Known For
American Experience
1988 · TV
The New York Times Presents
2020 · TV
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019 · Movie
The Fall of Diddy
2025 · TV
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
2021 · TV
Crooked Lines
2018 · Movie
Black and Missing
2021 · TV
American Reckoning
2022 · Movie
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020 · Movie
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019 · Movie
Free Joan Little
2025 · Movie
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2022 · Movie