Yoruba Richen
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing19
tvThe Fall of Diddy
2025
Director
movieThe Cost of Inheritance
2023
Director
movieAmerican Reckoning
2022
Director
tvBlack and Missing
2021
Director
movieHow It Feels to Be Free
2021
Director
movieAnd She Could Be Next
2020
Field Director
movieCrooked Lines
2018
Director
movieThe New Black
2013
Director
tvAmerican Experience
1988
Director
Production12
movieThe Cost of Inheritance
2023
Producer
movieThe Recall: Reframed
2022
Producer
movieStorming Caesars Palace
2022
Consulting Producer
movieThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2022
Executive Producer
movieAmerican Reckoning
2022
Producer
movieCrooked Lines
2018
Producer
movieOut in the Night
2014
Producer
movieThe New Black
2013
Producer
tvAmerican Experience
1988
Producer
Writing5
Acting2
movieThe Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
Self - Narrator (voice)
