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.
Born: January 1, 1972 · New York City, New York, USA
Filmography (8)
TV
The Fall of Diddy
2025
Director
TV
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
2021
Director
TV
The New York Times Presents
2020
DirectorProducer
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019
Director
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
Actor: Self - Narrator (v…Director+1
Out in the Night
2014
Producer
The New Black
2013
DirectorProducer+1
TV
American Experience
1988
ProducerWriter+1