Yoruba Richen
b. 1972 · New York City, New York, USA
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 1 Jan 1972
Directed 7
The Fall of Diddy
2025
Director
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
2022
Director
Black and Missing
2021
Director
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
2021
Director
The New York Times Presents
2020
Director
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019
Director
American Experience
1988
Director
