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) - Writer · DirectorAmerican Experience (1988) - Producer · Writer · DirectorThe New York Times Presents (2020) - Director · ProducerThe Fall of Diddy (2025) - DirectorHigh on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America (2021) - DirectorAmerican Reckoning (2022) - Writer · Producer · DirectorAmerican 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) - Producer · DirectorPromised 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