Yoruba Richen
Birthdate
January 1, 1972 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
New York, New York
Known For
Directing
Details
Birthdate
January 1, 1972 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
New York, New York
Known For
Directing
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.
Yoruba Richen's LGBTQ+ Titles
Dykes, Camera, Action!
Self
Acting (2)
2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
Dykes, Camera, Action! as Self
Directing (13)
2023
The Cost of Inheritance
• Director
2022
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
• Director
2022
American Reckoning
• Director
2021
How It Feels to Be Free
• Director
2020
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
• Director
2020
The New York Times Presents (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
2020
And She Could Be Next
• Field Director
2020
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
• Director
2019
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
• Director
2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
• Director
2018
Crooked Lines
• Director
2013
The New Black
• Director
2009
Promised Land
• Director
Production (9)
2023
The Cost of Inheritance
• Producer
2022
Storming Caesars Palace
• Consulting Producer
2022
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
• Executive Producer
2022
American Reckoning
• Producer
2020
The Killing of Breonna Taylor
• Producer
2020
The New York Times Presents (1 episode)
• Producer (1 episode)
2018
Crooked Lines
• Producer
2014
Out in the Night
• Producer
2013
The New Black
• Producer
Writing (3)
2022
American Reckoning
• Writer
2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
• Writer
2013
The New Black
• Writer