Yoruba Richen

Birthday:: 01/01/1972
Place of birth:: New York City, New York, USA:
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.

Credits

	The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019) as Self - Narrator (voice)
	Dykes, Camera, Action! (2018) as Self

	Free Joan Little Director
	American Coup: Wilmington 1898 Director
	American Coup: Wilmington 1898 Producer
	American Coup: Wilmington 1898 Writer
	The Cost of Inheritance Director
	The Cost of Inheritance Producer
	The Recall: Reframed Producer
	Storming Caesars Palace Consulting Producer
	The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Director
	The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Executive Producer
	American Reckoning Director
	American Reckoning Writer
	American Reckoning Producer
	How It Feels to Be Free Director
	The Killing of Breonna Taylor Director
	The Killing of Breonna Taylor Producer
	The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show Director
	American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas Director
	The Green Book: Guide to Freedom Director
	The Green Book: Guide to Freedom Writer
	Crooked Lines Director
	Crooked Lines Producer
	Out in the Night Producer
	The New Black Director
	The New Black Producer
	The New Black Writer
	Promised Land Director