Yoruba Richen

Directing

Yoruba Richen

Born 1 January 1972 · New York City, New York, USA · 54

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.

Known for

Highlights

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom2019 · Film · Director
American Experience1988 · Series · Writer
The Fall of Diddy2025 · Series · Director
The New York Times Presents2020 · Series · Director
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas2019 · Film · Director
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America2021 · Series · Director

Filmography

Movies

12 films

Free Joan Little2025 · Film · Director
American Coup: Wilmington 18982024 · Film · Director
The Cost of Inheritance2023 · Film · Director
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks2022 · Film · Director
American Reckoning2022 · Film · Director
How It Feels to Be Free2021 · Film · Director
The Killing of Breonna Taylor2020 · Film · Director
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show2020 · Film · Director
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas2019 · Film · Director
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom2019 · Film · Director
Crooked Lines2018 · Film · Director
The New Black2013 · Film · Director

Filmography

Series

5 shows

The Fall of Diddy2025 · Series · Director
Black and Missing2021 · Series · Director
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America2021 · Series · Director
The New York Times Presents2020 · Series · Director
American Experience1988 · Series · Writer