Yoruba Richen
Birthday: 1972-01-01
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Female
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
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2024-10-21 | American Coup: Wilmington 1898 |
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2023-11-21 | The Cost of Inheritance |
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2022-06-16 | The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks |
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2022-02-15 | American Reckoning |
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2021-01-18 | How It Feels to Be Free |
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2020-09-04 | The Killing of Breonna Taylor |
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2020-04-15 | The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show |
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2019-09-03 | American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas |
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2019-02-25 | The Green Book: Guide to Freedom |
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2018-10-31 | Crooked Lines |
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2013-06-14 | The New Black |
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2009-01-01 | Promised Land |