Yoruba Richen
Directing · Producer · Director · Executive Producer
Born Jan 1, 1972 · New York City, New York, USA
Active 1988–present · Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship
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.
Filmography
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019) — Director · WriterThe New York Times Presents (2020) — Director · ProducerAmerican Experience (1988) — Producer · Writer · DirectorThe Fall of Diddy (2025) — DirectorHigh on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021) — DirectorAmerican Reckoning (2022) — Director · Writer · ProducerAmerican Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas (2019) — DirectorThe Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (2020) — DirectorThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (2022) — Director · Executive ProducerThe Killing of Breonna Taylor (2020) — Producer · DirectorThe New Black (2013) — Director · Producer · WriterBlack and Missing (2021) — DirectorOut in the Night (2014) — ProducerAnd She Could Be Next (2020) — Field DirectorThe Cost of Inheritance (2023) — Director · ProducerStorming Caesars Palace (2022) — Consulting ProducerCrooked Lines (2018) — Director · ProducerPromised Land (2009) — DirectorHow It Feels to Be Free (2021) — DirectorAmerican Coup: Wilmington 1898 (2024) — Director · Producer · WriterFree Joan Little (2025) — DirectorThe Recall: Reframed (2022) — Producer